TOGA Pan-Pacific Surface Current Study/Central Pacific Processes and Drifter Calibration

该项目涉及在赤道太平洋盆地部署表面洋流漂移器，并分析它们的轨迹和安装在其中的电流和温度传感器收集的数据。预计将与法国、澳大利亚和日本进行国际合作。在三年的时间里，将在赤道太平洋部署350个表层漂浮物，以确定上层平流和热含量及其演变。在第一年，漂流者的主要采购将通过这笔赠款，但在接下来的几年里，来自法国、澳大利亚，可能还有日本的捐款已经承诺。本实验是为实现美国热带海洋和全球大气计划的目标而进行的一项过程研究。

This project involves the deployment of surface current drifters across the equatorial Pacific Ocean basin, and the analysis of their trajectories and data collected from current and temperature sensors mounted in them. International cooperation with France, Australia, and Japan is anticipated. 350 surface drifters will be deployed in the equatorial Pacific over a three-year period to determine the upper layer advection and heat content and its evolution. During the first year the primary procurement of drifters will be through this grant, but in out years, contributions from the French, Australians, and possibly the Japanese have been committed. This experiment is a process study contributing to the objectives of the US TOGA (Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere) Program.