Collaborative Proposal: Kuroshio Extension System Study (KESS)

0220161霍格黑潮延伸系统研究（KESS）的总体目标是确定和量化的动力学和热力学过程的变化和黑潮延伸和再循环环流之间的相互作用。来自三个美国机构的调查人员将部署一个最先进的阵列，包括系泊剖面仪和海流计系泊装置以及配备近海底压力和海流传感器的倒置回声测深仪。剖面浮标将监测黑潮延伸区南部再循环环流的温度和盐度结构。KESS阵列旨在协同使用这些工具，以比其中任何一个单独使用更全面的方式观察黑潮延伸。特别是，倒置回声测深仪将绘制急流演变的特征，并与系泊剖面仪结合，将量化横锋通量，而剖面浮标将监测黑潮延伸区及其再循环环流周围的上层海洋结构。KESS将使用这些综合观测来确定和量化黑潮延伸区和再循环环流之间的变化和相互作用的动力学和热力学过程。所提出的方法广泛利用卫星数据（表面温度和海面高度）。研究人员还将与研究整个黑潮系统的日本科学家密切合作。KESS阵列的测量结果将指导未来长期观测计划的规划，作为CLIVAR的一部分。

0220161 HoggThe overall goal of the Kuroshio Extension System Study (KESS) is to identify and quantify the dynamic and thermodynamic processes governing the variability of and the interaction between the Kuroshio Extension and the recirculation gyre. Investigators from three US institutions will deploy a state-of-the-art array consisting of moored-profiler and current-meter moorings and inverted echo sounders equipped with near-bottom pressure and current sensors. Profiling floats will monitor the temperature and salinity structure in the recirculation gyre south of the Kuroshio Extension. The KESS array is designed to use these tools synergistically to observe the Kuroshio Extension in a more complete way than any one of them could do alone. In particular, the Inverted Echo Sounders will map features of the jet as they evolve and, in combination with the Moored Profilers, will quantify the cross-frontal fluxes, while the profiling floats will monitor the upper ocean structure around the Kuroshio Extension and its recirculation gyres. KESS will use these combined observations to identify and quantify the dynamic and thermodynamic processes governing the variability of, and the interaction between, the Kuroshio Extension and the recirculation gyre. The proposed approach makes extensive use of satellite data (surface temperature and sea-surface height). The investigators will also collaborate closely with Japanese scientists studying the overall Kuroshio system. The measurements from the KESS array will guide future planning for a long term observational program as part of CLIVAR.