IPY: Observing the dynamics of the deepest waters in the Arctic Ocean

提供资金用于支持实地研究和分析，这些研究和分析将开始了解加拿大盆地深水的动态和特性。这项工作建立在2500米深度附近的初步深系泊观测基础上，这表明这些深水区有一个动态活跃的环境，而不是之前假设的安静的盆地。这项工作的目的是在一年的时间里观察加拿大盆地深处的水平和垂直运动。为此，联合pi将在两个系泊的深水部分增加仪器，计划在加拿大盆地部署一个国际年（2007-2008年）。额外的仪器将记录2200米以下的速度、压力、温度和盐度。这些将提供加拿大盆地深处的长时间序列测量，并将成为2007年至2009年北冰洋状态的“及时快照”的重要组成部分。

Funds are provided to support field research and analysis that will begin to develop an understanding of the dynamics and properties of the deep waters of the Canada Basin. The work builds on preliminary deep mooring observations near 2500-m depth that suggest a dynamically active environment in these deep waters, not the quiet basin previously assumed. The aim of the proposed work is to observe the horizontal and vertical motion in the deep Canada Basin over one year. To this end, the co-PIs will add instruments to the deep portion of two moorings that are scheduled to be deployed in the Canada Basin for one IPY year (2007-2008). The additional instruments will record velocity, pressure, temperature, and salinity below 2200 m. These will provide long time-series measurements in the deep Canada Basin, and will be a vital component of the "snapshot in time" of the state of the Arctic Ocean between 2007 and 2009.