DYNamics and predictability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning and Climate (DYNAMOC)

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项目编号	NE/M005127/1
	DYNamics and predictability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning and Climate (DYNAMOC)
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主持机构	University of Reading
项目开始年	2015
	2015-02-01
项目结束日期	2018-01-31
资助机构	UK-NERC
项目类别	Research Grant
国家	英国
语种	英语
英文摘要	The 'Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation', or AMOC, describes a large scale circulation of the North Atlantic Ocean which carries warm surface waters northward and cooler deeper waters southwards. This circulation carries huge amounts of heat, and variations in its strength can have a substantial influence on European climate. The DYNAMOC project aims to improve understanding of how this circulation has varied in the past and how it has affected climate, and also to assess the potential for useful predictions months to years ahead. DYNAMOC will make use of new advanced computer simulations and forecasting systems which are able to simulate the AMOC in unprecedented detail. It will also make use of the RAPID observations of the AMOC strength at 26 degrees North, available since 2004, as a benchmark for testing the models and predictions. The research will test some specific hypotheses about how the AMOC works, how it is changing now. It will investigate how a slow down or speed up in the AMOC affects summers and winters in the UK and other countries. DYNAMOC will provide an assessment of the likely behaviour of the AMOC, and its impacts on climate, over the next decade. It will also produce recommendations for improving forecasting systems in the future. DYNAMOC is a collaboration between the National Centre for Atmospheric Science at the University of Reading, the National Oceanography Centre and the UK Met Office.
来源学科分类	Natural Environment Research
文献类型	项目
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/85486
专题	环境与发展全球科技态势
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	[unavailable].DYNamics and predictability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning and Climate (DYNAMOC).2015.