Collaborative Research: Diagnosing Ocean Transport Timescales and Water-Mass Composition from Tracers

提供资金用于从数值模型中确定随时间变化的三维示踪方程的格林函数。然后，这些函数将用于从模型输出和对示踪剂分布的现场观测中确定与示踪剂无关的输运特性。还将为今后的实地研究设计抽样策略。这项工作将大大提高我们了解水体历史的能力，从而观察到深海中属性的分布，并提高我们模拟海洋气候尺度变化的能力。

PI: HaineProposal Number: 9911318Funds are provided for the determination, from numerical models, of Green's functions for the time-dependent, three-dimensional tracer equation. These functions will then be used to determine tracer-independent transport properties from both model output and field observations of tracer distributions. Sampling strategies for future field studies will also be designed. This work should improve significantly our ability to understand the histories of water parcels leading to observed distributions of properties in the deep ocean and improve our ability to model climate scale variations in the ocean.