Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/T/S/2001/00204
The global distribution, variability and radiative-climatological impact of atmospheric water vapour.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor JE Harries, Imperial College London, Physics
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor R Toumi, Imperial College London, Physics
- Grant held at:
- Imperial College London, Physics
- Science Area:
- Atmospheric
- Overall Classification:
- Atmospheric
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Science Topics:
- Water In The Atmosphere
- Radiative Processes & Effects
- Tropospheric Processes
- Climate & Climate Change
- Abstract:
- The project directly addresses our understanding of critical climate processes controlling the distribution and climatic effects of atmospheric water vapour, and will assist in the validation of a world-class climate model, through close collaboration with the Hadley Centre. It will exploit a recent study and validation of observed water vapour distributions and the processes controlling them (the SPARC Assessment of atmospheric water vapour): SPARC data on upper tropospheric humidity (UTH) will be used to generate distributions and statistics of UTH. These will be compared with fields from the UK Unified Model. The observations will also be used to simulate the total and spectral outgoing longwave radiation. The significance of UTH variability in determining the natural variability of the Earth's cooling to space and balance of climate will be assessed.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/T/S/2001/00204
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Directed Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Clouds, Water Vapour & Climate
This grant award has a total value of £141,240
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Equipment | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £3,990 | £90,572 | £2,370 | £2,644 | £41,663 |
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