Collaborative Research - PreRIME Studies of Transport Processes in the Ross Sea Sector

合作研究 - 罗斯海区运输过程的 PreRIME 研究

• 批准号: 0229337
• 负责人: Thomas Parish
• 金额: $ 29.25万
• 依托单位: University of Wyoming
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-08-01 至 2006-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0229337&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; PreRIME; Studies; Transport

This award will provide funds to deploy an array of seven automatic weather stations (AWS) in the region to the east and south of Ross Island, Antarctica, in order to characterize the surface environment surrounding the major air flow corridors on the Ross Ice Shelf. These air streams have been identified as the primary corridor for the transport of mass, heat, and momentum between Antarctica and subpolar latitudes. An understanding of the basic physical characteristics of these air streams and their modulation by the frequent cyclonic activity in the Ross Sea to the north is necessary to advance our capabilities in forecasting weather in the Ross Island and McMurdo area. Previous work has established the Ross Sea region as critically important in the connection of Antarctic processes to the rest of the globe on a variety of time scales. This two-year study will include AWS deployment, analysis of existing data sets and the initiation of model simulations, and will form one of the bases of a planned Ross Island Meteorological Experiment.

该合同将提供资金，在南极洲罗斯岛东部和南部的区域部署一系列七个自动气象站，以确定罗斯冰架主要气流走廊周围的地表环境特征。 这些气流被确定为南极洲和副极地纬度之间物质、热量和动量输送的主要通道。 了解这些气流的基本物理特征及其受北部罗斯海频繁气旋活动的调制，对于提高我们预测罗斯岛和麦克默多地区天气的能力是必要的。 以前的工作已确定罗斯海区域在各种时间尺度上将南极进程与地球仪其他地区联系起来方面至关重要。这项为期两年的研究将包括AWS部署、现有数据集分析和模型模拟启动，并将成为计划中的罗斯岛气象实验的基础之一。