Successful bids to the 'Monitoring the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation' (MOC) funding round

Four research proposals are being funded through the RAPID 'MOC Monitoring' funding round (Click on a Project Title to view an abstract).

These studies are being complemented by three projects funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the USA to observe relevant aspects of the N. Atlantic circulation. Details of the NERC/NSF links for the MOC monitoring can be found by clicking here

For further details about the MOC monitoring studies, see the MOC monitoring web page

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 Principal Investigator

Institute

 Title

481 Professor H Bryden (prev. J Marotzke) Southampton Oceanography Centre Monitoring the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation at 26.5 deg N
482 Dr D Cromwell Southampton Oceanography Centre Measuring the Meridional Overturning Circulation from space: a feasibility study
484 Professor A Watson University of East Anglia Time series of transient tracers in North Atlantic deep waters
485 Dr C Hughes Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory A monitoring array along the western margin of the Atlantic