SGER: A Winched Profiler for Upper Ocean Measurements in Multiple Oceanic Environments

智力优势：捕捉上层海洋过程对许多海洋学应用很重要。 然而，大多数系泊设备由于实际原因（繁忙的船舶交通、捕鱼、海冰和表面波活动）而没有延伸到海面。 在这个项目中，世界卫生组织的一名科学家将能够参加即将举行的（2006年夏季）研究航行，在哈德逊海峡放置一个绞盘剖面仪。该地区在冬季有漂浮的海冰，水流湍急，使其成为上层海洋停泊测量的危险环境。该海峡的上层海洋也是流向北大西洋的重要（表层截留的）淡水流的所在地，因此，这些测量对于了解气候系统非常重要。更广泛的影响：一旦经过测试，这一仪器将通过在剖面仪上增加传感器而在海洋学的所有领域发挥作用。此外，该项目还将从一个以前没有测量过的气候敏感地区收集数据。

Intellectual Merit: Upper ocean processes are important to capture for many oceanographic applications. However, most moorings do not extend to the sea surface for practical reasons (heavy ship traffic, fishing, sea-ice and surface wave activities). In this project, a WHOI scientist will be able to participate in an upcoming (summer 2006) research cruise, to place a winched profiler in Hudson Strait. This region has floating sea-ice during the winter months and has swift currents, making it a risky environment for upper-ocean moored measurements. The upper ocean in this Strait is also the location of an important (surface-trapped) freshwater flux to the North Atlantic and therefore the measurements are important for understanding the climate system. Broader Impacts:Once tested, this instrument will be useful in all fields of oceanography by adding sensors to the profiler. In addition, the project will collect data from a climate-sensitive region that has previously not been measured.