Tracer and circulation in the nordic seas region (TRACTOR)

Objective

In the proposed project, special focus will be placed on gaining information that can improve, test and validate ocean general circulation models for the North Atlantic Current system, the North Atlantic sub-polar gyre, the Nordic Seas, and the Eurasian part of the Arctic Basin. In the next years we have a unique opportunity to do this by utilising the deliberate release of SF6 tracer to the convective gyre of the Greenland Sea in 1996. A large portion of the tracer still resides in the gyre and some is at the time of writing in transit to the other ocean basins (Norwegian Sea, Arctic Ocean and North Atlantic). Since we know the initial conditions, we have the possibility to quantify a number of important parameters and test these model results by direct comparisons with these unique observations.

Programme(s)

• FP5-EESD - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Energy, environment and sustainable development, 1998-2002"

Topic(s)

• 1.1.4.-2. - Key action Global Change, Climate and Biodiversity

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN

Address

Allegt. 70
5007 Bergen
Norway

Participants (6)

GOETEBORG UNIVERSITY

Sweden

Address

Kemivagen 10
412 96 Goeteborg

INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE EXPLORATION OF THE SEA

Denmark

Address

Palaegade 2-4
1261 Koebenhavn K/copenhaegen

NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER

Norway

Address

Edvard Griegsvej 3a
5059 Bergen

NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE OF THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT

Norway

Address

Hjalmar Johansens G. 14
9296 Tromsoe

THE MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ICELAND

Iceland

Address

4,skulagata 4
121 Reykjavik

UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA

United Kingdom

Address

University Plain
Norwich

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