Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/A/S/2003/00307
A statistical approach for estimating the contribution of glaciers to future sea-level rise.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor AJ Payne, University of Bristol, Geographical Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor P Gregory, East Malling Research, Science
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor JW Hall, University of Oxford, Environmental Change Institute SoGE
- Grant held at:
- University of Bristol, Geographical Sciences
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Marine
- Freshwater
- Earth
- Atmospheric
- Overall Classification:
- Freshwater
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Science Topics:
- Earth Surface Processes
- Land - Atmosphere Interactions
- Hydrological Processes
- Glacial & Cryospheric Systems
- Environmental Informatics
- Climate & Climate Change
- Abstract:
- The proposed research will improve our ability to predict future sea-level change over the next 500 years. It relates directly to NERC's strategic and scientific priorities, and addresses a 'fundamental research question' on climate change: 'what are the causes of sea-level change and can we accurately predict the changes ...' [Science for a sustainable future, NERC 2002, p.13]. The total cost is #133,176, which will be used primarily to support a postdoctoral researcher for 3 years. The project is an interdisciplinary collaboration between Geographical Sciences and Civil Engineering at the University of Bristol, and Meteorology at the University of Reading. It is also supported by allied research at the Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research and the University of Utrecht. The huge number of glaciers in the world (~160,000) and the tiny number for which we have reliable mass-balance information (<<100) makes their contribution to future sea level rise very difficult to assess. This project will develop a unique methodology to both make these predictions and to assess their uncertainty. It is based on the development and calibration of a generic glacier-system model, and its use with climate predictions made by the Hadley Centre's atmosphere-ocean general circulation models.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/A/S/2003/00307
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £132,065
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £7,328 | £82,568 | £4,187 | £37,981 |
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