Upper Ocean Processes in EPIC2001: Horizontal Variability - Collaborative Research

EPIC2001 中的上层海洋过程：水平变化 - 合作研究

• 批准号: 0002598
• 负责人: Daniel Rudnick
• 金额: $ 40.88万
• 依托单位: University of California-San Diego Scripps Inst of Oceanography
• 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=0002598&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Upper; Ocean; Processes; EPIC2001; Horizontal

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.

提出了一项称为“东太平洋海气耦合系统气候过程调查”的过程研究，以研究该区域的大气和海洋的行为。EPIC海洋学部分的目标是描述、理解和量化热带辐合带深对流区上层海洋主要海洋结构和过程的演变，以改进区域模式，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放的一次性剖面仪进行的中尺度速度、温度和盐度测量，使用船载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的站位上的船进行的连续微结构剖面测量进行的速度微结构和温度、盐度和速度精细结构测量，以及沿着95 W不同位置的辐射和生物光学剖面测量。