The Intermediate Depth Flow in the South Atlantic

南大西洋中深度流

• 批准号: 0095647
• 负责人: H. Thomas Rossby
• 金额: $ 25万
• 依托单位: University of Rhode Island
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-02-01 至 2005-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0095647&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Intermediate; Depth; Flow; South; Atlantic

This project consists of an analysis of the intermediate depth circulation in the South Atlantic. The analysis will combine information from a variety of quasi-Lagrangian float data collected during WOCE and other contemporary experiments. The project will produce an internally consistent set of float velocity data from the various deployments, establish an estimate of the mean intermediate depth flow field and its variance, and estimate the mean and eddy fields of kinetic energy. This data set and these derived fields will be used, together with available hydrographic and current meter data, to develop an understanding of the intermediate circulation in the South Atlantic and estimates of the heat and salt transports associated with it.

这个项目包括对南大西洋中深度环流的分析。分析将结合从WOCE和其他当代实验中收集的各种准拉格朗日浮子数据的信息。该项目将从各种部署中产生一组内部一致的浮子速度数据，建立平均中间深度流场及其方差的估计，并估计平均动能和涡流场。该数据集和这些衍生场将与现有的水文和海流计数据一起使用，以加深对南大西洋中间环流的了解，并估计与之相关的热和盐输送。