Collaborative Research: Diagnosing Ocean Transport Timescales and Water-Mass Composition from Tracers

主要研究者：HaineProposal编号：9911318提供资金，用于从数值模型确定与时间相关的三维示踪剂方程的绿色函数。 这些功能，然后将被用来确定示踪剂独立的传输特性，从模型输出和现场观测的示踪剂分布。 还将设计今后实地研究的取样战略。 这项工作应大大提高我们的能力，了解水包裹的历史，导致观察到的深海中的属性分布，并提高我们的能力，在海洋中的气候尺度变化的模型。

PI: HaineProposal Number: 9911318Funds are provided for the determination, from numerical models, of Green's functions for the time-dependent, three-dimensional tracer equation. These functions will then be used to determine tracer-independent transport properties from both model output and field observations of tracer distributions. Sampling strategies for future field studies will also be designed. This work should improve significantly our ability to understand the histories of water parcels leading to observed distributions of properties in the deep ocean and improve our ability to model climate scale variations in the ocean.