Details of Award

NERC Reference : NER/T/S/2002/00459

Better understanding of Open Ocean Deep Convection (OODC) with reference to THC.

Principal Investigator:: Professor CC Pain, Imperial College London, Earth Science and Engineering
Co-Investigator:: Professor PD Killworth, NOC (Up to 31.10.2019), Science and Technology
Co-Investigator:: Dr C De Oliveira, Georgia Institute of Technology (USA), UNLISTED
Grant held at:: Imperial College London, Earth Science and Engineering

ENRIs:: Global Change; Environmental Risks and Hazards
Science Topics:: Planetary science; Ocean Circulation; Climate & Climate Change

Abstract:: Open-ocean deep convection (OODC) forms one end of the 'conveyor belt' of the North Atlantic climate. We shall use the Imperial College Ocean Model to gain a greater understanding of the physical basis of OODC and its interaction with topography, and to contribute to the parameterisation of OODC for large-scale models. Specific objectives are: to provide, and to test, the ability to model an ocean basin with small-scale features of a priori unknown location, in great detail; to examine and to understand the interaction of convection with topography and in situ currents; to develop improved parameterisations of convection for use in climate models; to generate reference modelling data sets and to train two PhD students. In providing descriptors for model evaluation and in achieving understanding, features of both Greenland and Labrador Seas will be addressed.

Authorised funds only

This grant award has a total value of £221,476

Total - Staff	Total - T&S	Total - Indirect Costs	Total - Equipment
£117,590	£9,285	£65,132	£29,470

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