POLARSTERN Winter Weddell Sea Project-1986: Upper Ocean Study Years IV & V

该项目包括对被冰覆盖的威德尔海上层的中尺度结构进行为期三年的实地研究的分析阶段。该实地计划从西德考察船Polarstein于1986年夏季发射的一系列漂流海洋浮标中产生了大量的数据库，并辅之以海洋和大气观测，将构成对韦德尔环流东部上层海洋动力学的定量研究的基础。该项目将集中处理和分析仍在通过卫星链路从其中一个浮标接收的漂流数据，准备一份全面的数据报告，并完成对莫德海隆附近的冷暖水状况的基本模拟程序。

This project consists of the analysis phase of an earlier three-year field study of the mesoscale structure of the upper layers of the ice- covered Weddell Sea. The field program produced a substantial data base from a series of drifting oceanographic buoys set out from the West German research vessel POLARSTERN in the austral summer of 1986, and with complementary oceanographic and atmospheric observations, will form the basis of a quantitative study of the dynamics of the upper ocean in the eastern portion of the Weddell Gyre. The project will concentrate on processing and analyzing the drifter data that is still being received through a satellite link from one of the buoys, preparing a comprehensive data report, and completing the fundamental modeling program of the warm and cold water regimes in the vicinity of Maud Rise.