Project description
Updating ocean models to predict rapid climate change
Ocean currents play key roles in regulating the distribution of heat on the Earth, yet there is still much to be learned about how they interact with the planet as a whole. The EU-funded EPOC project seeks to create a new framework for how the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) impacts the weather and climate. Besides transferring heat, the AMOC is associated with the ventilation of anthropogenic carbon. While existing models rely on very long timescales of thousands of years, EPOC will develop a model that can be used on human timescales of days and years. Doing so can help better explain the AMOC’s role in rapid climate change.
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HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based
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20148 Hamburg
Germany
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29280 Plouzane
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28359 Bremen
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80539 Munchen
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9296 Tromsoe
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27570 Bremerhaven
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5817 Bergen
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75794 Paris
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A1C5X8 St John's Nf
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02543 Woods Hole
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08540 Princeton
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78701 2982 Austin
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02881 Kingston
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RG6 6AH Reading
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WC1E 6BT London
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SO51 0HN Romsey Awbridge
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