Collaborative Research: The Role of Upper Ocean Processes in Modulating Air-Sea Fluxes During TOGA COARE

在TOGA COARE(海洋-大气耦合响应实验)领域内收集的水文和上层海洋调查的海洋地理数据将与卫星数据和简单模式相结合，以研究上层海洋过程在调节热带西太平洋的海气通量方面所起的作用。特别令人感兴趣的是，中尺度和小尺度温盐特征对上层海洋中热量、水分和动量的垂直通量的贡献。将计算热量和盐度预算，包括估计本地和远程三维环流对垂直混合的影响。最终目标是改进三维耦合气候模式中的海-气耦合参数化。

Lagerloef OCE-9623168 Oceanographic data from hydrographic and upper ocean surveys collected within the TOGA COARE (Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment) domain will be combined with satellite data and simple models to study the role upper ocean processes play in modulating air-sea fluxes in the western tropical Pacific. Of particular interest is the contribution of mesoscale and small-scale thermohaline features the vertical fluxes of heat, moisture and momentum in the upper ocean. Heat and salinity budgets including estimation of local and remote three-dimensional circulation influences on vertical mixing will be computed. The ultimate goal is to improve air-sea coupling parametrization in three-dimensional coupled climate models.