Rapid Climate Change - Will the Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation Halt? (RAPID-WATCH) Programme - oceanographic data set (2008-2015)

The RAPID-WATCH (Rapid Climate Change - Will the Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation Halt?) data set consists of pressure, current velocities, temperature, salinity and density time series. Measurements are collected by moored instruments deployed in arrays across the Atlantic at approximately 26.5N for the Monitoring the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation at 26.5N (MOC) project and at each of three sections across the US and Canadian continental slope between Cape Cod and the Grand Banks for the Western Atlantic Variability Experiment (WAVE) project. The data set also consists of conductivity- temperature-depth (CTD) profiles, and ships' underway monitoring system meteorology and surface hydrography collected during the mooring deployment and servicing cruises. The RAPID-WATCH data set follows on from the original Rapid Climate Change (RAPID) Programme oceanographic dataset (2004-2008). It spans from 2008 until 2015. The RAPID-AMOC data set is expected to extend the RAPID_WATCH dataset to 2020. The main aims of the RAPID-WATCH Programme are to provide oceanographic measurements that allow a decade-long time series of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation to be derived for use in climate change research. The MOC project is led by scientists at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, whilst work on the WAVE element is led by the Liverpool site of the National Oceanography Centre.

RAPID-WATCH（快速气候变化——大西洋热盐环流是否会停止？）数据集包含压力、流速、温度、盐度和密度的时间序列数据。这些测量数据由在约26.5N的大西洋海域部署的锚定仪器收集，用于监测26.5N处的北大西洋经向翻转环流（MOC）项目，以及在美国和加拿大大陆坡的三段区域（从科德角到Grand Banks）进行的西部大西洋变化实验（WAVE）项目。数据集还包括锚定部署和维护航次期间收集的导电率-温度-深度（CTD）剖面和船舶航行监测系统的气象和表面水文数据。RAPID-WATCH数据集继RAPID快速气候变化项目原始海洋学数据集（2004-2008年）之后，时间跨度从2008年直至2015年。预计RAPID-AMOC数据集将扩展RAPID-WATCH数据集至2020年。RAPID-WATCH项目的主要目标是为气候变化研究提供海洋学测量数据，从而能够得出一个长达十年的大西洋经向翻转环流时间序列。MOC项目由南安普顿国家海洋研究中心的科学家领导，而WAVE项目元素的工作则由利物浦国家海洋研究中心负责。