Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/M/S/2001/00091
Novel Observations of Frontal Exchange and Recirculation (NOFEAR).
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor KJ Horsburgh, Bangor University, Sch of Ocean Sciences
- Grant held at:
- Bangor University, Sch of Ocean Sciences
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Overall Classification:
- Marine
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Global Change
- Science Topics:
- Biogeochemical Cycles
- Ocean Circulation
- Abstract:
- The baroclinic dynamics of tidal mixing fronts predict coherent along-front currents (now well observed) and a weaker cross-frontal flow between stratified and mixed waters. This project will make the first direct observations of a cross-frontal circulation cell at the western Irish Sea tidal mixing front. The work combines a dye tracer experiment with acoustic current measurements. Thin layers of phytoplankton at the thermocline are major contributors to shelf sea productivity, with increased concentrations on the stratified side of fronts. The cross-frontal circulation may act as a 'nutrient pump' to this zone of maximum productivity. The observations will advance our knowledge of an important physical-biological process and will also provide validation and improved mixing parameterisations for numerical models.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/M/S/2001/00091
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- New Investigators Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- New Investigators
This grant award has a total value of £50,295
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Equipment | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £588 | £2,270 | £26,186 | £20,980 | £271 |
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