Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/T/S/2002/00462
The role of the cryosphere in modulating the thermohaline circulation of the North Atlantic.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor J Bamber, University of Bristol, Geographical Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor AJ Payne, University of Liverpool, Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor P Valdes, University of Bristol, Geographical Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor P Gregory, East Malling Research, Science
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor J G Shepherd, University of Southampton, Sch of Ocean and Earth Science
- Grant held at:
- University of Bristol, Geographical Sciences
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Freshwater
- Atmospheric
- Overall Classification:
- Freshwater
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Science Topics:
- Glacial & Cryospheric Systems
- Climate & Climate Change
- Abstract:
- This project will investigate the role that land ice and, in particular the Greenland ice sheet, and sea ice play on modulating the present day and future thermohaline circulation in the Atlantic under a warming climate. This will be achieved by coupling a suite of sub-models that define the mass balance and behaviour of land and sea ice in the Arctic into a fast Earth model of Intermediate Complexity and a medium resolution fully coupled Atmosphere-Ocean GCM based on HadCM3. The coupled ice-ocean-atmosphere models will be used to investigate, in detail, the interaction of the cryosphere with the rest of the climate system, with particular emphasis on the thermohaline circulation.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/T/S/2002/00462
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Directed Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Rapid Climate Change
This grant award has a total value of £458,177
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Equipment | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £269,792 | £15,195 | £13,649 | £35,436 | £124,104 |
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