The table below lists successful bids in all RAPID AOs and shows how they adress the objectives listed in the RAPID
Science Plan.
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Principal Investigator |
Science Objectives
Click on nos.for detail
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Title |
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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Bryden H. (Marotzke) |
1
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Monitoring the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation at 26.5°N.
Abstract
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Cromwell D. |
1
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Measuring the meridional overturning circulation from space: a feasibility study.
Abstract
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Watson A. |
1
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Time series of transient tracers in North Atlantic deep waters.
Abstract
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Hughes C. |
1
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A monitoring array along the western margin of the Atlantic.
Abstract
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Bacon S. |
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2
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3
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Cape Farewell and Eirik Ridge: Interannual to Millenial Thermohaline Circulation Variability
Abstract
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Bamber J. |
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5
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The role of the cryosphere on modulating the thermohaline circulation of the North Atlantic
Abstract
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Briffa K. |
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3
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7
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Quantitative applications of high-resolution late Holocene proxy data sets: estimating climate sensitivity and thermohaline circulation influences
Abstract
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Bryden H. |
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2
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Extending the time series of Atlantic Meridional Overturning backwards in time using historical measurements
Abstract
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Challenor P. |
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8
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The Probability of Rapid Climate Change
Abstract
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Fairchild I. |
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3
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7
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Atlantic Seaboard Climate Responses including Bounding Errors (ASCRIBE)
Abstract
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Guilyardi E. |
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5
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8
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The role of salinity in ocean circulation and climate response to greenhouse gas forcing
Abstract
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Holmes J. |
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3
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7
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ISOMAP UK: a combined data-modelling investigation of water isotopes and their interpretation during rapid climate change events
Abstract
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Hoskins B. |
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6
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The atmospheric water vapour budget and its relevance to the THC
Abstract
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Josey S. |
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2
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5
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6
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7
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The Role of Air-Sea Forcing in Causing Rapid Changes in the North Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation
Abstract
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McCave I.N. |
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3
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Hydrographic and flow changes at sharp climate transitions in the North Atlantic MOC, 0-16ka BP
Abstract
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Pain C. |
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2
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4
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Better Understanding of Open Ocean Deep Convection (OODC) with Reference to THC
Abstract
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Tudhope A. |
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3
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7
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8
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Improving our ability to predict rapid changes in the El Nino Southern Oscillation climatic phenomenon
Abstract
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Watson A. |
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2
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4
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5
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Circulation, overflow, and deep convection studies in the Nordic Seas using tracers and models
Abstract
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Wells N. |
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2
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The determination of heat transfer and storage, and their changes in the North Atlantic Ocean
Abstract
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Williams R. |
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2
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4
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5
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The role of sloping topography in the overturning circulation of the North Atlantic
Abstract
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Willmott A. |
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2
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4
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Processes controlling dense water formation and transport on Arctic continental shelves
Abstract
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Wolff E. |
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3
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7
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High resolution anatomy of rapid climate transitions in the last glacial period from a Greenland ice core
Abstract
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Austin W. |
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3
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7
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Can Younger Dryas atmospheric 14C concentration be attributed to North Atlantic surface ocean ventilation? (NERC RAPID)
Abstract
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Bacon S. |
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2
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4
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Arctic regulation of the thermohaline circulation (ARTHER)
Abstract
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Chapman M. |
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3
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Significance of Holocene multi-decadal to millennial scale variability in the subpolar North Atlantic.
Abstract
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Gregory J. |
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5
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6
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8
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Understanding uncertainty in simulations of THC-related rapid climate change.
Abstract
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Gregory J. |
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5
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6
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8
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UK Coupled model intercomparison project on the Thermohaline Circulation
Abstract
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Haines K. |
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5
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7
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Assimilation in ocean and coupled models to determine the thermohaline circulation.
Abstract
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Hoskins B. |
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6
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The impact of climate change on the North Atlantic and European storm-track and blocking.
Abstract
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Lowe J.J. |
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3
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Precise chronology of the timing of changes in behaviour of the North Atlantic THC and their forcing effects, 16-8 ka BP'
Abstract
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Marshall D. |
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5
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7
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Attribution of ocean climate change signals in the Atlantic.
Abstract
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Sutton R. |
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8
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Predictability of rapid climate change associated with the Atlantic thermohaline circulation.
Abstract
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Watson A. |
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2
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Time series of Transient Tracers in the North Atlantic.
Abstract
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Bigg G. |
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4
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7
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Punctuated disintegration of the NW European ice sheet and rapid climate change
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Elderfield H. |
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2
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3
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Variations of the Atlantic MOC during rapid changes: callibration, modelling and paleoceanographic observations (VAMOC)
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Harrison S. |
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3
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7
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Impact of changing freshwater flows on the THC and European climate
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Osborn T.. |
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7
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To what extent was the Little Ice Age a result of a change in the THC?
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van den Broeke M. |
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2
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4
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Mass balance and freshwater contribution of the Greenland ice sheet: a combined modelling and observational approach
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