Caribbean Through-Flow Watermass Transformation Processes
Overview
This NSF Ocean Sciences Award OCE-2421623 addresses critical gaps in understanding the water mass transformation processes within the Caribbean Sea, a critical through-flow region for North and South Atlantic waters that form both the upper ocean limb of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) system and subtropical Atlantic recirculation. The UVI Ocean Glider Lab will join collaborators at Rutgers University and North Carolina State University to carry out high-resolution glider observations, investigate long-term regional model reanalyses, and conduct process-oriented model experiments in the Caribbean Sea.
69 W Ocean Glider Sections
A key UVI Ocean Glider Lab contribution to the experiment will be conducting high-resolution glider profiles of Temperature, Salinity, Dissolved Oxygen Concentration, and current velocity along a section at 69 W between western Dominican Republic and Curacao (see map below). You can follow the progress of glider UVI_1 and view the data in real time at the Rutgers University RUCOOL glider data site here.
