ROW: Currents and Energetics of the North Pacific: A Synthesis of Existing Current Meter Data

将分析北太平洋26个长期系泊的海流计数据。位于黑潮延伸部分的系泊将被用于“分析”该洋流，按照p.i.开发的方法，并应用于墨西哥湾流。这种方法可以用来推断速度和温度结构，以及电流的质量输运。结果将在不同的沿流位置进行比较，并与墨西哥湾流的类似结果进行比较。其他调查包括：试图确定黑潮伸展区平均动能通量下游衰减所涉及的能量平衡的性质；2. 确定系泊所覆盖的整个北太平洋地区的涡旋动力学和潜在能量预算；3. 通过其能量特征识别该地区可能发生的不稳定机制。

Current meter data from 26 long-term moorings in the North Pacific Ocean will be analyzed. Moorings located in the Kuroshio Extension will be used to "profile" that current, following a method developed by the P.I., and applied to the Gulf Stream. This method can be used to deduce velocity and temperature structure, as well as mass transports of the current. Results will be compared for different alongstream locations, as well as with analogous results for the Gulf Stream. Other investigations include: 1. Attempts to determine the nature of the energy balance involved in the downstream decay of mean kinetic energy flux in the Kuroshio Extension; 2. Determination of eddy kinetic and potential energy budgets for the entire North Pacific region covered by the moorings; 3. Identification of possible instability mechanisms occurring in the region via their energetic signatures.