Japan (JSPS) Postdoctoral Program: Variability of the Heat Content of the North Pacific

该奖项将为斯克里普斯海洋学研究所的Frederick Bingham博士与日本仙台东北大学的Yoshiaki Toba博士进行为期12个月的合作研究提供补充支持。他们将调查北太平洋西部热含量的年际变化，以及这些变化与黑潮系统变率的关系。海洋根据季节从大气中储存热量并向大气释放热量。随着人们对地球气候变化的日益关注，了解海洋和大气之间的热传递机制变得至关重要。鸟羽太教授的研究小组多年来一直在研究北太平洋西部海气相互作用的动态，他们广泛的长期数据集将使宾厄姆博士能够定量地评估该复杂海洋区域内热含量的年际变化。

This award will provide supplemental support to enable Dr. Frederick Bingham of Scripps Institute of Oceanography to conduct collaborative research for 12 months with Dr. Yoshiaki Toba of Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan. They will investigate interannual changes in the heat content of the western North Pacific Ocean, and the relationship of those changes to variability in the Kuroshio Current system. The oceans store heat from and release heat to the atmosphere depending on the season. With increasing concern about changes in the Earth's climate, it is critical to understand the mechanisms of heat transfer between the ocean and atmosphere. Professor Toba's research group has been studying the dynamics of air-sea interactions in the western North Pacific for many years and their extensive, long-term data sets will enable Dr. Bingham to quantitatively assess interannual variability in the heat content within that complex oceanographic region.