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而广泛应用的群落资源。自1988年10月以来，夏威夷海洋时间序列（HOT）项目在北太平洋副热带环流（Sta. c .）的一个深水地点研究了海洋物理和生物地球化学的时间动态。ALOHA，一个半径10公里的圆圈，圆心在北纬22度45分，西经158度)。这项为期一年的延长将继续进行高质量的每月船上观测，并在NOAA资助的海气相互作用系泊上对表面挟带层进行系泊地下测量。在HOT的传统中，数据将免费和迅速地提供。分析工作将继续包括气候变率和混合层动力学。更广泛的影响：HOT项目为遥感提供了现场地面实况，为自适应采样提供了一个测试平台，并为更广泛的海洋学应用提供了协作开发更有效仪器的平台。HOT项目通过直接参与该项目、参加巡游、为论文研究提供数据以及将HOT数据和结果纳入研究生和本科生课程，为招募、教育和培训海洋观察员骨干做出了巨大贡献。调查人员通过SOEST外联协调员塔拉·希克斯（Tara Hicks）进行了公众外联。最后，HOT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.