TOGA: Ocean Surface Layer Fluxes and Heat Storage in the Western Tropical Pacific Warm Pool

建议在西太平洋暖池收集一个月的海洋上层300m动能和势能耗散率的时间序列。还将收集支持大气观测的资料以及温度和盐度分布，以便将混合作为物理强迫的函数进行参数化。观测将于1992年底至1993年初在热带海洋全球大气耦合海洋大气响应实验(TOGA COARE)的密集观测期间进行。该实验的目的是了解和描述海洋对西风暴发和降雨的反应。

It is proposed to collect a one-month time series of dissipation rates of kinetic and potential energy in the ocean's upper 300 m in the Western Pacific Warm Pool. Supporting atmospheric observations as well as temperature and salinity profiles will also be collected in order to parameterize mixing as a function of physical forcing. The observations will take place in late 1992 to early 1993 during the Intensive Observation Period (IOP) of the Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment (TOGA COARE). The goal of the experiment is to understand and describe the oceanic response to Westerly wind bursts and rainfall.