Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/M/S/2002/00076
Turbulence and sediment resuspension in shelf seas.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor AJ Souza, Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, UNLISTED
- Grant held at:
- Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, UNLISTED
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Overall Classification:
- Marine
- ENRIs:
- Pollution and Waste
- Global Change
- Natural Resource Management
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Science Topics:
- Water Quality
- Pollution
- Land - Ocean Interactions
- Sediment/Sedimentary Processes
- Abstract:
- Water column density structure and suspended particulate matter (SPM) play major roles in primary productivity, biogeochemical cycles and pollutant transport in shelf seas, hence are key determinants of water quality. Turbulence controls in one way or another the density stratification and SPM dynamics, hence the growing interest in understanding turbulence production and dissipation processes. In this project it is proposed to make direct measurements of the water column density structure, turbulence production and SPM particle size and concentration in the Irish Sea and Gulf of California. The observations will then be used in conjunction with numerical models to understand processes controlling the production of turbulent kinetic energy, density stratification and SPM. The observations will also be used to improve existing turbulence and SPM models.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/M/S/2002/00076
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- New Investigators Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- New Investigators
This grant award has a total value of £50,000
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Equipment |
|---|
| £50,000 |
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