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Kuroshio Extension, conveyor belt for the North Pacific
KEO, an observatory for the Kuroshio Extension The NOAA Kuroshio Extension Observatory (KEO) buoy was first deployed in June 2004, in the recirculation gyre south of the Kuroshio Extension at 144.6°E, 32.4°N. In February 2007, JAMSTEC deployed a second KEO buoy (JKEO) north of the Kuroshio Extension at 37.9°N, 146.6°E. Both KEO moorings carry a suite of meteorological sensors to measure winds, air temperature, relative humidity, rainfall, and solar and longwave radiation. With measurements of sea surface temperature and these surface meteorological measurements, the net air-sea heat, moisture and momentum fluxes can be computed. Surface and subsurface instrumentation includes temperature and salinity at 1 m to 500 m. Daily-averaged data are available in near-realtime (click on "Data" link above). In addition, both moorings carry a pCO2 sensor for computation of the air-sea CO2 flux. In the future, additional sensors may be added to the moorings. KEO, part of the network of OceanSITES KEO is one of NOAA's most recent contributions to the global network of time series stations. The network, now referred to as OCEAN Sustained Interdisciplinary Timeseries Environment observation System (OceanSITES), provides data for the science community, policy makers, and society in order to detect global climate and ecosystem changes, to describe/quantify them, to understand/explain them and to develop a capability to predict them. The definition of an ocean timeseries site in the global system is that it has the following characteristics:
Funding for KEO KEO is funded by the NOAA Climate Program's Office of Climate Observations. Much of the equipment was purchased for the TAO/EPIC field experiment which ended in November 2003. The TAO/EPIC project was funded by the NOAA Office of Global Programs' Pan American Climate Studies Program. |
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