KESS Affiliated Programs

Kuroshio Extension Observatory (KEO) is a surface buoy that was deployed in the Kuroshio Extension recirculation gyre during June 2004. Dr. Meghan Cronin at PMEL/NOAA is the lead investigator. The buoy is equipped to monitor heat, moisture and momentum fluxes, and upper ocean temperature and salinity.

Ship-Board Atmospheric Sounding over the Kuroshio Extension
Principal Investigators: Shang-Ping Xie and Bo Qiu, University of Hawaii, Youichi Tanimoto, Hokkaido University
Instrumentation: Shipboard Global Positioning System sondes

Mesoscale Variability and Processes in an eddy-resolving global POP simulation
Principal Investigator: Julie McLean

KESS is funded by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0221008.

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