Southern Ocean 2001 moorings: depth and pressure vs. time from ARSV Laurence M. Gould LMG0103, LMG0201A in the Southern Ocean from 2001-2002 (SOGLOBEC project)

<p>\"As part of the SO GLOBEC field program, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) deployed an array of instrumented subsurface moorings near Marguerite Bay during March 2001- March 2002 and a second array during March 2002-March 2003 (Figure 1). The moored measurements included pressure, temperature, conductivity, velocity, acoustic backscatter, and ice thickness. To monitor surface forcing during the moored array observations, two automatic weather stations (AWSs) were deployed on islands in Marguerite Bay and time series of wind, air temperature, pressure, and relative humidity were collected from May 2001 through March 2003.</p>

<p>The primary goals of this effort were to measure the temporal and spatial variability of currents and physical and biological water properties in the study area on time scales from hours to seasonal, improve our description and understanding of the regional general circulation, and identify and describe those physical processes that make this region well suited for krill production and survival.\" <em>[from technical report <a href=\"http://globec.whoi.edu/so-dir/data_doc/WHOI-2005-07_Moored_Report_updated.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">WHOI-2005-07.pdf</a> (10.2 MB)]</em></p>

作为南大洋全球海洋生态系统动力学研究（SO GLOBEC）野外计划的一部分，伍兹霍尔海洋研究所（Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution，缩写WHOI）于2001年3月至2002年3月期间，在玛格丽特湾附近部署了一套搭载观测仪器的水下锚系阵列，并于2002年3月至2003年3月期间部署了第二套锚系阵列（见图1）。本次锚系观测的指标涵盖压力、温度、电导率、流速、声学背散射信号与冰厚。为在锚系阵列观测期间监测海面强迫过程，研究团队于玛格丽特湾的岛屿上部署了两台自动气象站（Automatic Weather Station，缩写AWS），并在2001年5月至2003年3月期间收集了风速、气温、气压与相对湿度的时序观测数据。

本研究的核心目标包括：在小时至季节的时间尺度上，测定研究区域内海流与水体物理、生物属性的时空变异性；完善对该区域大环流的描述与认知；甄别并阐明使得本区域适宜磷虾生长与存活的物理过程。*[摘自技术报告 <a href="http://globec.whoi.edu/soft-dir/data_doc/WHOI-2005-07_Moored_Report_updated.pdf" target="_blank">WHOI-2005-07.pdf</a>（10.2 MB）]*