Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/A/S/2001/00560
Agulhas 'Leakage' and abrupt climate change: the past 50,000 years.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor R Zahn, Cardiff University, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor IR Hall, Cardiff University, Sch of Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Grant held at:
- Cardiff University, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
- Science Area:
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Science Topics:
- Ocean Circulation
- Quaternary Science
- Climate & Climate Change
- Abstract:
- Decadal to millennial climate variability in NW Europe is tightly linked with changes in the ocean thermohaline 'conveyor' circulation. Deepwater exiting the Atlantic in the South is replaced by surface returnflow. The Agulhas Current 'leakage' is a key component of this return flow in that it exports Indian Ocean thermocline water to the South Atlantic. We propose to generate palaeoceanographic records at very high temporal resolution (millennial to centennial timescales that will allow a detailed assessment of the changes of heat and salt transports in the Agulhas Current during periods of rapid ocean and climate change over the past 50,000 years. In conjunction with palaeo-modelling, we will further assess the influence of Agulhas leakage, through salinity feedback, on thermohaline overturn in the North Atlantic. This application is accompanied by a NERC seatime application.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/A/S/2001/00560
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £94,537
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £9,108 | £17,845 | £48,539 | £19,044 |
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