Collaborative Research: The Oleander Project: Sustained observations between New York and Bermuda

合作研究：夹竹桃项目：纽约和百慕大之间的持续观察

• 批准号: 0825845
• 负责人: Kathleen Donohue
• 金额: $ 113.37万
• 依托单位: University of Rhode Island
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-09-01 至 2015-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0825845&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Oleander; Project; Sustained

The Oleander project began in 1992 as an effort to conduct high-resolution upper-ocean velocity measurements on a sustained multiyear basis. The Oleander project was established to track near surface heat-fluxes in the Gulf Stream region by taking continuous measurements over a long period of time. In the past 15 years of this project, upper-ocean velocity and near-surface temperatures have been sampled by an acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) mounted in the hull of a container vessel (CMV Oleander) that operates weekly between New Jersey and Bermuda. These transects include measurements taken in four distinct and oceanographically important regions: the continental shelf, the Slope Sea, the Gulf Stream, and the northwestern Sargasso Sea. In addition to creating a long-term record of measurements, results from the Oleander project have been used by a variety of researchers and in a range of oceanographic fields. Intellectual Merit: Currently, ocean scientists from the University of Rhode Island in collaboration with an oceanographer from SUNY at Stony Brook will continue in leading the efforts of the Oleander project. In addition to maintaining the measurements for this long-lasting record, they will be further analyzing the collected data to elucidate the long-term climatological variability of the upper-ocean mass- and heat-fluxes, as well as investigating the linkages between velocity and heat flux regimes in the Gulf of Mexico and their connections to large-scale forcing fields. Broader Impacts: The measurements from the Oleander project have made valuable contributions to the CLIVAR (CLImate VARiability and predictability) program and compliment the measurements taken by other research initiatives such as the Ocean Observatory Initiative's Pioneer Array and the deep western boundary current measurement program. The PIs will continue their outreach program for high school students with Bayonne High School in new Jersey. Funding from this research will support research and education opportunities for graduate students.

Oleander 项目始于 1992 年，旨在持续多年进行高分辨率的上层海洋速度测量。夹竹桃项目的建立是为了通过长期连续测量来跟踪墨西哥湾流地区的近地表热通量。在该项目过去 15 年中，安装在集装箱船 (CMV Oleander) 船体上的声学多普勒电流剖面仪 (ADCP) 对上层海洋速度和近地表温度进行了采样，该集装箱船每周在新泽西州和百慕大之间运行。这些横断面包括在四个不同且具有海洋学重要意义的区域进行的测量：大陆架、坡海、墨西哥湾流和西北马尾藻海。除了创建长期测量记录外，夹竹桃项目的结果还被各种研究人员和一系列海洋学领域使用。智力优势：目前，罗德岛大学的海洋科学家与纽约州立大学石溪分校的海洋学家合作，将继续领导夹竹桃项目的工作。除了维持这一长期记录的测量之外，他们还将进一步分析收集到的数据，以阐明上层海洋质量和热通量的长期气候变化，并研究速度和热通量之间的联系。墨西哥湾的热通量状况及其与大规模强迫场的联系。更广泛的影响：Oleander 项目的测量结果为 CLIVAR（气候变化和可预测性）项目做出了宝贵贡献，并补充了其他研究计划（例如海洋观测计划先锋阵列和深西部边界电流测量项目）所进行的测量结果。 PI 将继续为新泽西州巴约讷高中的高中生开展外展计划。这项研究的资金将支持研究生的研究和教育机会。