Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/T/S/2002/00484
Time series of transient tracers in North Atlantic deep waters.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor A Watson, University of East Anglia, Environmental Sciences
- Grant held at:
- University of East Anglia, Environmental Sciences
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Atmospheric
- Overall Classification:
- Marine
- ENRIs:
- Pollution and Waste
- Global Change
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Science Topics:
- Ocean Circulation
- Ocean - Atmosphere Interact.
- Climate & Climate Change
- Abstract:
- We will use new sampling technologies and techniques in an international collaboration to collect time-series of transient tracers penetrating the deep branch of the MOC in the northern North Atlantic and its marginal seas, using existing or planned moorings. Tracers will include CFCs, sulphur hexafluoride and Iodine-129, the last two of which have specific sources and rapidly changing signals. These data will give unique information, complementary to standard hydrography and current measurements. They will enable studies of: secular and seasonal change in the source strengths of the deep waters, times of passage between locations, rates of dilution of the 'marked' source waters by entrainment, and improved estimates of recirculation of deep waters, e.g. DSOW and LSW in the Labrador sea and upstream of the proposed 24N monitoring array.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/T/S/2002/00484
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Directed Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Rapid Climate Change
This grant award has a total value of £263,196
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Equipment | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £76,831 | £9,226 | £107,561 | £34,236 | £35,343 |
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