Equatorial subthermocline currents: observations and models

赤道次温跃层洋流：观测和模型

• 批准号: 0327334
• 负责人: Eric Firing
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Hawaii
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-09-01 至 2009-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0327334&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Equatorial; subthermocline; currents; observations; models

Near the equator, in both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, a complex patterns of eastward and westward currents alternate with latitude and in the vertical. This complex pattern of currents has not been well-described by theory or numerical models in the past. In this proposal, existing observations will be reanalyzed to test new theoretical ideas and to compare with high resolution general circulation models. The ultimate goals of this project are to understand the dynamics of this circulation, to understand its role in the global ocean circulation and to model the circulation and its variability.

在赤道附近的大西洋和太平洋上，一种复杂的东西向洋流模式随着纬度和垂直方向交替出现。这种复杂的电流模式在过去没有被理论或数值模型很好地描述。在这个建议中，现有的观测将被重新分析，以测试新的理论思想，并与高分辨率的大气环流模式进行比较。该项目的最终目标是了解这种环流的动态，了解其在全球海洋环流中的作用，并模拟环流及其变化。