Hawaii Ocean Time-series: Study of Subtropical Gyre Physics and Climate Interactions

长期海洋时间序列是一种重要的、用途广泛的群落资源。自1988年10月以来，夏威夷海洋时间序列(HOT)计划在北太平洋副热带环流的一个深水站点研究了海洋物理和生物地球化学的时间动力学。Aloha，一个半径10公里的圆，中心位于北纬22 45度，西经158度)。这一延期一年将继续进行高质量的月度船上观测和对美国国家海洋和大气局资助的海-气相互作用系泊设备表面卷积层的锚定次表层测量。在炙手可热的传统中，数据将被免费和快速地提供。分析工作将继续包括气候可变性和混合层动态。更广泛的影响：热点项目为遥感提供了实地实况，为自适应采样提供了试验台，为合作开发更有效的仪器提供了平台，供更广泛的海洋学使用。HOT项目通过直接参与该项目、参与巡航、为论文研究提供数据以及将HOT数据和成果纳入研究生和本科课程，为招募、教育和培训一支海洋观察员队伍作出了重大贡献。调查员通过SOEST外联协调员塔拉·希克斯参与了公共外联活动。最后，热点网站提供了对数据集和结果的广泛访问。

Long-term oceanic time-series are an important and widely used community resource. Since October 1988, the Hawaii Ocean Time-series (HOT) program has investigated temporal dynamics in ocean physics and biogeochemistry at a deep-water site in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre (Sta. ALOHA, a 10 km radius circle centered at 22 45N, 158W). This one-year extension will continue the high-quality monthly shipboard observations and the moored subsurface measurements of the surface entrainment layer on the NOAA funded air-sea interaction mooring. In the HOT tradition, the data will be made freely and rapidly available. The analysis efforts will continue to include climate variability and mixed layer dynamics. Broader Impacts:The HOT project provides in situ ground truth for remote sensing, a test bed for adaptive sampling, and platforms for collaborative development of more effective instruments for broader oceanographic use. The HOT project contributes strongly to the recruitment, education and training of a cadre of ocean observers, through direct involvement in this project, participation in cruises, providing data for thesis research, and by incorporating HOT data and results in graduate and undergraduate courses. The investigator in engaged in public outreach through the SOEST Outreach Coordinator, Tara Hicks. Finally the HOT web site provides broad access to the data set and results.