Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/T/S/2002/00485
A monitoring array along the western margin of the Atlantic.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor CW Hughes, Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, UNLISTED
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor DP Marshall, University of Oxford, Oxford Physics
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor RG Williams, University of Liverpool, Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences
- Grant held at:
- Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, UNLISTED
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Atmospheric
- Overall Classification:
- Marine
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Science Topics:
- Ocean Circulation
- Survey & Monitoring
- Climate & Climate Change
- Abstract:
- A crucial requirement for a monitoring system of the overturning is the ability to relate integrated changes at low latitudes to their high latitude sources. We propose to deploy an observing system to identify the propagation of overturning signals along the western margin of the North Atlantic. Three lines of bottom pressure recorders, inverted echo-sounders and profiling CTDs will be deployed at depths of 2-4.5 km at 38N, 69W, 42N, 60W and 43N, 52W. The data will identify temporal changes in the Deep Western Boundary Current and reveal how coherent the changes are along the slope. Together with other national and international surveys, this array will assist in assessing the impact of the overturning on the wider climate system.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/T/S/2002/00485
- Grant Stage:
- Awaiting Completion
- Scheme:
- Directed Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Rapid Climate Change
This grant award has a total value of £629,375
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs | Total - Equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £85,023 | £47,905 | £9,088 | £39,111 | £448,248 |
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