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RAPID The Role of Air-Sea Forcing in Causing Rapid Changes in the North Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation model output
"The Role of Air-Sea Forcing in Causing Rapid Changes in the North Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation" project was a Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) RAPID Climate Change Research Programme project (Round 1 - NER/T/S/2002/00427 - Duration 16 Feb 2004 - 15 Oct 2007) led by Dr Simon Josey of National Ocenaography Centre, with co-investigators also at the National Oceanography Centre.
This dataset collections contains analysis of coupled model output of surface forcing variability in ocean circulation.
The main aims of this proposal were to determine the role that surface forcing variability plays in causing rapid changes in the ocean circulation and to examine the effect of such changes on climate. These issues are addressed through a combined analysis of coupled model output and observational datasets. The focus of the analysis was in the North Atlantic thermohaline circulation (THC) although the results have been interpreted in the broader context of the global climate system. Variations in the air-sea fluxes of surface heat and freshwater have the potential to cause rapid changes in the ocean circulation eg through their influence on deep convection. However, the relationship between surface forcing variability and rapid changes in the ocean remains to be properly determined; our goal was to significantly improve understanding of this area.
Rapid Climate Change (RAPID) was a £20 million, six-year (2001-2007) programme for the Natural Environment Research Council. The programme aimed to improve the ability to quantify the probability and magnitude of future rapid change in climate, with a main (but not exclusive) focus on the role of the Atlantic Ocean's Thermohaline Circulation
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- English (en)
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2008-12-10T02:34:15
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2008-12-10T02:34:15
- Identifier
- NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / da4f36bbf485c74b3cee0e6315c737c8
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- Update scope
- series
- Keywords
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- RAPID
- Climate change
- Atlantic Ocean's Thermohaline Circulation
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
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- atmospheric conditions
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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- Begin date
- 2004-02-16T00:00:00
- End date
- 2007-10-14T23:00:00
- Code
- WGS 84
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- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
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Metadata
- File identifier
- da4f36bbf485c74b3cee0e6315c737c8 XML
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Character set
- 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
- Resource type
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- Metadata Date
- 2023-02-03T01:28:30
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
