Circulation Studies of the Tropical Indian Ocean at 8N and the Indo-Australian Basin

9906776 Chereskin该项目是对世界海洋环流实验的贡献，特别是AIMS（分析，解释，建模和合成）部分。 在该项目中，PI将对北纬8.5度热带印度洋和印度-澳大利亚海盆的环流和输送进行研究。 将对使用船载和降低的声学多普勒海流剖面仪进行的大量海流测量进行解释，既解释海流测量本身，也解释来自其他海洋环流实验系统（浮标、水文学、示踪剂等）的流速测量。 作为小组综合工作的一部分，这项工作将侧重于阿拉伯海、孟加拉湾和印澳盆地的区域研究。 总体目标是计算这三个区域从上到下的热量、淡水、化学示踪剂和营养物质的总通量，以便与模型和类似纬度的其他海洋进行比较。

9906776ChereskinThis project is a contribution to the World Ocean Circulation Experiment, In particular the AIMS (Analysis, Interpretation, Modeling, and Synthesis) component. In this project, the PI will carry out studies of circulation and transport in the tropical Indian Ocean at 8.5oNorth, and in the Indo-Australian Basin (IAB). The extensive set of ocean current measurements made using shipboard and lowered Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers will be interpreted, both themselves, and with velocity measurements from the other WOCE systems (floats, hydrography, tracers, etc.). As part of a group synthesis effort, this work will focus on regional studies of the Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal, and the Indo-Australian Basin. The overall objective will be to calculate the total top-to-bottom fluxes of heat, freshwater, chemical tracers, and nutrients for these three regions for comparison with models, and with other oceans at similar latitudes.