南海季风试验研究

South China Sea Monsoon Experiment

介绍了'九五'国家攀登项目'南海季风试验'外场观测系统和主要结果.该试验是一次旨在了解南海季风爆发,维持和变化主要物理过程的大气与海洋联合试验,是由十几个国家与地区参加的一次大型国际合作项目.通过1998年5～8月的外场观测试验,取得了大量和多种大气与海洋的加密观测资料,为南海和东亚季风及其与海洋的相互作用研究提供了比较完善的资料集.目前研究正在深入阶段.作者只是对这个试验的一般情况作了说明.

The present paper gives an overview of the key project 'South China Sea Monsoon Exper iment (SCSMEX) operated by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China during the period of 1996~2001. The SCSMEX is a joint atmospheric and oceanic field experiment with aim at better un derstanding onset, maintenance and variability of the summer monsoon over the South China Sea (SCS). It is a large scale international effort with many participating countries and regions cooperatively involved in this experiment. With the field observation in May-August, 1998, a large amount of me teorological and oceanic data have been acquired, which provide excellent datasets for the study of the SCS and East Asian monsoon and their interaction with the ocean. The preliminary research results are very encouraging. The follow-up study is now underway.