Collaborative Research: Shallow Circulation in the Tropical Pacific: A Geochemical and Modeling Study

  • Cane, Mark (PI)

Project: Research project

Project Details

Description

This work will be a study of processes that determine the structure

and variability of the thermocline in the equatorial Pacific. Data

describing the distribution of various chemical tracers will be

compared with simulations made with a general circulation model.

The aim is to improve modeling skill, gain a better understanding of

the processes that transport tracers in the tropical Pacific, and to

use the historical tracer data to identify variations in the tropical

upper-ocean circulation. One of the tests of the model will be a

comparison between the model's prediction of 14C concentration in

the Pacific with 14C time series derived from corals in the tropical

and subtropical Pacific.

StatusFinished
Effective start/end date3/1/992/28/02

Funding

  • National Science Foundation: US$303,104.00

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Geochemistry and Petrology
  • Oceanography
  • Environmental Science(all)

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