Collaborative Research: The Oleander Project: Sustained observations between New York and Bermuda

夹竹桃项目开始于1992年，目的是在持续多年的基础上进行高分辨率的上层海洋速度测量。夹竹桃项目的建立是为了通过长时间的连续测量来跟踪墨西哥湾流区域的近地表热通量。在过去的15年里，该项目通过安装在集装箱船（CMV Oleander）船体上的声学多普勒电流分析器（ADCP）对上层海洋速度和近表面温度进行了采样，该船每周往返于新泽西和百慕大之间。这些横断面包括在四个不同的、海洋学上重要的区域进行的测量：大陆架、坡海、墨西哥湾流和西北马尾藻海。除了创建长期测量记录外，夹竹桃项目的结果已被各种研究人员用于一系列海洋学领域。智力优势：目前，来自罗德岛大学的海洋科学家与来自纽约州立大学石溪分校的海洋学家合作，将继续领导夹竹桃项目的努力。除了维持这一长期记录的测量外，他们还将进一步分析收集到的数据，以阐明上层海洋质量通量和热通量的长期气候变化，以及调查墨西哥湾速度和热通量制度之间的联系及其与大尺度强迫场的联系。更广泛的影响：夹叶树项目的测量对CLIVAR（气候变率和可预测性）计划做出了宝贵的贡献，并补充了其他研究计划所采取的测量，如海洋观测计划的先锋阵列和深西部边界流测量计划。pi将继续在新泽西州的巴约纳高中为高中生提供服务。这项研究的资金将支持研究生的研究和教育机会。

The Oleander project began in 1992 as an effort to conduct high-resolution upper-ocean velocity measurements on a sustained multiyear basis. The Oleander project was established to track near surface heat-fluxes in the Gulf Stream region by taking continuous measurements over a long period of time. In the past 15 years of this project, upper-ocean velocity and near-surface temperatures have been sampled by an acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) mounted in the hull of a container vessel (CMV Oleander) that operates weekly between New Jersey and Bermuda. These transects include measurements taken in four distinct and oceanographically important regions: the continental shelf, the Slope Sea, the Gulf Stream, and the northwestern Sargasso Sea. In addition to creating a long-term record of measurements, results from the Oleander project have been used by a variety of researchers and in a range of oceanographic fields. Intellectual Merit: Currently, ocean scientists from the University of Rhode Island in collaboration with an oceanographer from SUNY at Stony Brook will continue in leading the efforts of the Oleander project. In addition to maintaining the measurements for this long-lasting record, they will be further analyzing the collected data to elucidate the long-term climatological variability of the upper-ocean mass- and heat-fluxes, as well as investigating the linkages between velocity and heat flux regimes in the Gulf of Mexico and their connections to large-scale forcing fields. Broader Impacts: The measurements from the Oleander project have made valuable contributions to the CLIVAR (CLImate VARiability and predictability) program and compliment the measurements taken by other research initiatives such as the Ocean Observatory Initiative's Pioneer Array and the deep western boundary current measurement program. The PIs will continue their outreach program for high school students with Bayonne High School in new Jersey. Funding from this research will support research and education opportunities for graduate students.