Low Latitude Western Boundary Current in the Pacific

0095906/McCreary这个项目将确定低纬边界流在热带太平洋季节到年代际变化中所起的作用。首先，将分析历史观测和模式数据，以获得热带西太平洋上层和中层环流的平均和变化结构的描述。由此，将诊断该区域季节到年代际变化所涉及的海洋过程，并提出关于低纬西部边界流的动力作用的假设。有关低纬西部边界流动力学的想法将用热带太平洋的数值模式进行检验。

0095906/McCrearyThis project will determine the role played by low-latitude boundary currents in seasonal to decadal variability of the tropical Pacific. First, historical observational and model data will be analyzed to obtain descriptions of the mean and varying structure of the upper and intermediate-depth circulation in the tropical western Pacific. From these, the oceanic processes involved in seasonal to decadal variability of the region will be diagnosed and hypotheses about dynamical role of low-latitude western boundary currents will be developed. Ideas about low-latitude western boundary current dynamics will be tested with numerical models of the tropical Pacific.