Response of the Gulf of Mexico Loop Current to Variability in Remote Forcing

从加勒比海到墨西哥湾的水运动是大西洋向北热输送的最大来源之一。而在墨西哥湾，一些水通过佛罗里达海峡向东转移，形成了墨西哥湾流的开始，而一些水可能被转移到环流涡流中。因此，环流对墨西哥湾环流和佛罗里达流输送有很强的影响。因此，环流的变率对墨西哥湾的气象和海洋学条件有广泛的影响。本研究的目的是提供尤卡坦和佛罗里达海峡之间环流的可预测性。利用野外数据分析、理论和分析模型以及MICOM和HYCOM数值环流模型的结果，他们计划解决几个关键问题，包括安的列斯群岛通道上的涡旋通量及其变动性、加勒比海洋流的动力结构和稳定性、不同强迫如何影响加勒比海盆地和环流的变动性。

The movement of water from the Caribbean Sea to the Gulf of Mexico is one of the largest sources of northward heat transport in the Atlantic Ocean. While in the Gulf of Mexico, some water is diverted eastward through the Florida Straits and forms the beginning of the Gulf Stream while some may be diverted into the Loop Current Eddy. Therefore, the Loop Current has a strong influence on the Gulf circulation and on Florida Current transports. Therefore, the variability of the Loop Current has a broad impact on the meteorological and oceanographic conditions within the Gulf of Mexico. The aim of this study is to provide predictability of the Loop Current between the Yucatan and the Florida Straits. Using field data analysis, theoretical and analytical models as well as results from the numerical circulation models MICOM and HYCOM, they plan to address several key issues including the eddy fluxes and their variability across the Antilles passages, the dynamical structure and the stability properties of the Caribbean Current, how different forcings affect the variability of the Caribbean Basin and the Loop Current.