Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/T/S/2001/00205
Global retrieval of ATSR cloud parameters and evaluation (GRAPE).
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor RG Grainger, University of Oxford, Oxford Physics
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor B Lawrence, University of Reading, National Centre for Atmospheric Science
- Grant held at:
- University of Oxford, Oxford Physics
- Science Area:
- Atmospheric
- Overall Classification:
- Atmospheric
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Science Topics:
- Pollution
- Water In The Atmosphere
- Tropospheric Processes
- Radiative Processes & Effects
- Abstract:
- A global cloud dataset will be produced using a state-of-the-an physical retrieval for the entire duration of the Along Track Scanning Radiometer (ATSR) 2 mission. This dataset will be compared and contrasted with existing climatologies (based on different instruments and very different retrieval algorithms). Sufficient ambiguity exists in current cloud climatologies that this will be a useful exercise in itself. In addition, the cloud parameters produced (which include the 'effective-radius') will allow a direct comparison with model simulations from the ECMWF and the Met Office Unified Model. In conjunction with water vapour estimates from the MLS instrument aboard UARS, observational estimates of the total water vapour budget will be possible.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/T/S/2001/00205
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Directed Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Clouds, Water Vapour & Climate
This grant award has a total value of £196,935
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Equipment | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £4,895 | £79,741 | £68,463 | £7,156 | £36,680 |
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