Collaborative Research: Mesoscale Ocean Current, Temperature and Salinity Variability in EPIC

合作研究：EPIC 中的中尺度洋流、温度和盐度变化

• 批准号: 0002459
• 负责人: Lynn Shay
• 金额: $ 68.3万
• 依托单位: University of Miami
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-09-01 至 2004-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0002459&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Mesoscale; Ocean; Current

A process study called the Eastern Pacific Investigation of Climate Processes in the Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere System (EPIC) is proposed to study the behavior of the atmosphere and ocean in that region. The goals of the oceanographic component of EPIC are to describe, understand and quantify the evolution of the major oceanic structures and processes in the upper ocean under the deep convection region of the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) in order to improve regional models and ultimately gain better prediction of annual and interannual climate variability. Measurements will include mesoscale velocity temperature and salinity using expendable profilers dropped from aircraft, small scale velocity, temperature and salinity fields with a shipboard ADCP and continuous Seasoar sections, velocity microstructure and temperature, salinity and velocity finestructure by continuous microstructure profiling from a ship on station at 10 N, 95 W and radiometric and bio-optical profiles at various locations along 95 W.

提出了一项名为东太平洋海洋-大气耦合系统气候过程调查（EPIC）的过程研究，以研究该地区大气和海洋的行为。 EPIC海洋学部分的目标是描述、理解和量化热带辐合带（ITCZ）深对流区域下上层海洋主要海洋结构和过程的演变，以改进区域模型并最终更好地预测年度和年际气候变率。测量将包括使用从飞机上投下的消耗性剖面仪进行的中尺度速度、温度和盐度测量，使用舰载 ADCP 和连续 Seasoar 剖面进行的小尺度速度、温度和盐度场测量，通过在 10 N、95 W 的驻地船上进行连续微结构分析得到的速度微观结构和温度、盐度和速度精细结构以及 95 W 沿线的多个地点