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NERC Reference : NE/C509066/1

Assimilation in ocean and coupled models to determine the thermohaline circulation.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor K Haines, University of Southampton, Sch of Ocean and Earth Science
Co-Investigator:
Dr BA King, National Oceanography Centre, Science and Technology
Science Area:
Marine
Atmospheric
Overall Classification:
Marine
ENRIs:
Global Change
Science Topics:
Ocean Circulation
Ocean - Atmosphere Interact.
Environmental Informatics
Climate & Climate Change
Abstract:
To make the best use of the historical research ship records as well as new observations from autonomous ocean profiling floats and special observing programs such as Rapid climate change, it is proposed to assimilate all of the available data from the past 40 years into a high quality ocean circulation model that can represent complete fields of ocean properties. In this way derived quantities such as the north-south mass and heat transports which are vital to understanding the oceans role in controlling climate, can also be determined. The project will also put into context the various timeseries of observations that have been compiled from local regions which suggest that important changes in ocean circulation and transports have been ongoing in the past decades. These timeseries will thus be put into a basin scale and global scale context of ongoing change. The program will determine the relationship between hydrographic signals in different parts of the ocean basins (particularly the N Atlantic). The program will also provide a method for assimilating data from the thermohaline monitoring arrays into an ocean model that could then be used as part of a coupled climate model for multi-annual climate prediction.
Period of Award:
1 Oct 2006 - 30 Jun 2010
Value:
£30,360 Split Award
Authorised funds only
NERC Reference:
NE/C509066/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed

This grant award has a total value of £30,360  

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FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)

Total - T&STotal - Other CostsTotal - Indirect Costs
£5,256£8,544£16,560

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