Objective Neutrally buoyant floats will be used to investigate the circulation at the levels (typically 1000m and 1800m) of the Mediterranean and Labrador Sea water masses in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean between 30 and 600N and between the west European continental margin and 300W. The floats will be acoustically tracked and will be of two types - ALFOS (in which acoustic tracking data is relayed back via satellite at regular intervals throughout the float life) and RAFOS (in which tracking data are only retrieved at the end of the float life) The float data will be used to study possible interactions between the circulation at the two float levels and to compute the eddy statistics of the circulation in the area. The results will be compared with similar statistics computed from state-of-the art ocean circulation models of the North Atlantic. Fields of science engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringsatellite technologynatural sciencesphysical sciencesacoustics Programme(s) FP3-MAST 2 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of marine science and technology, 1990-1994 Topic(s) 0101 - Circulation and exchange of water masses Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator NERC Institute of Oceanographic Sciences EU contribution No data Address Deacon Laboratory Brook Road Wormley GU8 5UB Godalming United Kingdom See on map Total cost No data Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Ainco-Interocean "Asociacion Internacional Investgacion Oceanografica MedioAmbiente" Spain EU contribution No data Address 11,Costa Rica 28016 Madrid See on map Total cost No data CHRISTIAN-ALBRECHTS UNIVERSITAET ZU KIEL Germany EU contribution No data Address Duesternbrooker Weg 20 24105 KIEL See on map Total cost No data THE UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Bedford Street North L69 3BX LIVERPOOL See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITE DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE France EU contribution No data Address Place Nicolas Copernic 29285 BREST See on map Total cost No data
