Moored Profiler Measurements in the Tropical Instability Wave Experiment

该项目是一项协调研究的一个组成部分， 热带不稳定波实验（Tropical Instability Waves Experiment，TIWE） 私家侦探将 部署四个海流测量系泊装置， 在北纬4度西经140度 这些停泊处将是 配有剖面流速仪（PCM）， 通过指定的深度范围，并能够测量 近地表电流的分布，以及温度和 盐度，具有高度的垂直和时间 分辨率 与TIWE的其他组成部分合作， 现有的NOAA电流和温度系泊，P.I.将 试图计算动量通量，雷诺热 通量辐合，正压不稳定产生的能量， 和背景流上涌。背景资料 还将根据年度分析平均海流 可变性

This project is a component of a coordinated study called the Tropical Instability Waves Experiment (TIWE). The P.I. will deploy an array of four current measurement moorings, centered at about 4 deg N, 140 deg W. These moorings will be instrumented with Profiling Current Meters (PCM), which cycle through a specified depth range, and are capable of measuring profiles of near-surface currents, as well as temperature and salinity, with a high degree of vertical and temporal resolution. In collaboration with other TIWE components, and existing NOAA current and temperature moorings, the P.I. will attempt to calculate balances of momentum flux, Reynolds heat flux convergence, energy production by barotropic instability, and background current upwelling. Information on background mean currents will also be analyzed in terms of annual variability.