Details of Award
NERC Reference : NE/T008938/1
UK-OSNAP-Decade: 10 years of observing and understanding the overturning circulation in the subpolar North Atlantic (2014-2024)
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor SA Cunningham, Scottish Association For Marine Science, Contracts Office
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor M Inall, Scottish Association For Marine Science, Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory
- Grant held at:
- Scottish Association For Marine Science, Contracts Office
- Science Area:
- Atmospheric
- Marine
- Overall Classification:
- Unknown
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Natural Resource Management
- Science Topics:
- Deep ocean circulation
- Heat transport
- Water mass analysis
- Ocean Circulation
- 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 Aug 2019 - 31 Mar 2025
- Value:
- £1,040,166 Split Award
Authorised funds only
- NERC Reference:
- NE/T008938/1
- Grant Stage:
- Awaiting Event/Action
- Scheme:
- Directed (RP) - NR1
- Grant Status:
- Active
- Programme:
- Changing North Atlantic
This grant award has a total value of £1,040,166
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| DI - Other Costs | Indirect - Indirect Costs | DA - Investigators | DA - Estate Costs | DI - Staff | DA - Other Directly Allocated | DI - T&S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £70,692 | £325,125 | £289,360 | £95,342 | £220,493 | £2,449 | £36,702 |
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