BEST: Benguela Current Sources and Transport, Current Meter Data Analysis

9415947美国俄勒冈州立大学Pillsbury，R.Dale俄勒冈州立大学题目：BEST：本格拉电流源和输送，海流计数据分析BEST(本格拉电流源和输送)计划是为监测1992年至1993年本格拉海流的输送而设计的，并将其变化与区域现象，如阿古拉回转和涡流脱落联系起来。OCE-9116922项目由俄勒冈州立大学资助，从1991年8月1日开始，为期三年，以准备、安装和修复目前用作现场工作一部分的表系泊设备。这笔赠款将继续这项工作，并分析这些数据，以帮助它们整合到BEST收集的更大的数据集。最初的提案描述了科学目标和方法。数据集包括1992年6月至1993年11月系泊的倒置回声测深仪、压力/倒置回声测深仪和海流计；1992年6月和1993年11月期间系泊部署沿线的CTD数据集，以及1993年5月更广泛的一组站。分析将由LDEO的A.L.Gordon(专业-水团分层)；S.L.Garzoli(专业-IES/Pies)，也在LDEO，在NSF分配任务后进行；以及Dale Pillsbury，俄亥俄州立大学(专业-海流计)。这项研究很重要，因为它寻求提供有关洋流和运输的新知识，这将增强我们理解海洋环流和建立海洋环流模型的能力。

Abstract ATM-9415947 Pillsbury, R. Dale Oregon State University Title: BEST: Benguela Current Sources and Transport, Current Meter Data Analysis The BEST (Benguela Current Sources and Transport) program was designed to monitor the transport of the Benguela Current during 1992-1993 and relate its variability to regional phenomena, such as the Agulhas Retroflection and eddy shedding. The Project OCE- 9116922 was funded at Oregon State University for three years starting August 1, 1991 to prepare, install and recover the current meter moorings used as a part of the field work for BEST. This grant will continue that work and analyze those data to assist in their integration into the much larger data set collected by BEST. The scientific objectives and methodology were described in the original proposal. The data set consists of a June 1992 to November 1993 moored array of Inverted Echo Sounders, Pressure/Inverted Echo Sounders, and Current Meters; CTD data set along the line of mooring deployments during June 1992, November 1993 and a more extensive set of stations in May 1993. The analysis will be carried out by A. L. Gordon, LDEO, (specialty-water mass stratification; S.L. Garzoli (specialty-IES/PIES), also at LDEO, after her assignment with NSF; and Dale Pillsbury, OSU, (specialty-current meters). This research is important because it seeks to provide new knowledge about ocean currents and transports that would enhance our ability to understand and model ocean circulations.