Details of Award
NERC Reference : NE/T00858X/2
UK-OSNAP-Decade: 10 years of observing and understanding the overturning circulation in the subpolar North Atlantic (2014-2024)
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor NP Holliday, National Oceanography Centre, Science and Technology
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor S Bacon, National Oceanography Centre, Science and Technology
- Grant held at:
- National Oceanography Centre, Science and Technology
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Overall Classification:
- Unknown
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Science Topics:
- Climate variability
- Deep ocean circulation
- Surface ocean circulation
- Ocean Circulation
- Heat transport
- Thermohaline circulation
- Western boundary currents
- Climate & Climate Change
- Abstract:
- There is mounting evidence from measurements and models of the importance of the transports of heat and freshwater by the Subpolar North Atlantic Ocean. They impact on North Atlantic, European and global climate via temperature, precipitation and wind strength, and also on marine ecosystems, hurricanes, even rainfall in the Sahel, the Amazon and parts of the US. The subpolar North Atlantic behaves substantially differently from the subtropical North Atlantic circulation, and their mechanisms and timescales for transport and storage of heat and freshwater are very different. Prior to 2014 the subpolar North Atlantic was inadequately measured, and it is still the case that no ocean general circulation or climate model represents it accurately. UK-OSNAP-Decade aims to generate new knowledge and understanding of the subpolar North Atlantic to improve predictions of the contribution of the region to climate, by building on the successes of NERC Large Grant UK OSNAP, and as a contribution to the international collaborative project OSNAP (Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Programme). We propose a programme of sustained observation of subpolar North Atlantic circulation and fluxes; a UK contribution to an international trans-basin, full-depth ocean observation array.
- Period of Award:
- 1 Nov 2019 - 30 Jun 2023
- Value:
- £801,518 Lead Split Award
Authorised funds only
- NERC Reference:
- NE/T00858X/2
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Directed (RP) - NR1
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Changing North Atlantic
This grant award has a total value of £801,518
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Indirect - Indirect Costs | DI - Staff | DI - Equipment | DA - Estate Costs | DI - T&S |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £266,113 | £360,804 | £105,000 | £56,198 | £13,404 |
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