Coordinated european surface ocean palaeo-estimation collaboration

Objective

CESOP intends to significantly improve our ability to reconstruct oceanic climate variability beyond the instrumental period (>100 years). It will provide critical data for testing/validating climate models over time scales decisive for climate prediction. State of the art palaeo-observation methods will be improved and CESOP will build upon a unique European world-class network of collaborating laboratories. The partners treat the infrastructure units as an Integrated System of Infrastructures to jointly utilise the specific strengths of each facility. The project will develop highly accurate methods with a major improved accuracy compared with more traditional approaches, utilising the Mg/Ca paleothermotry technique. The technique will be calibrated against modern ocean variables, standardised analytical methods will be developed, the method will be checked against alternate methods, new climatic time series and time slices produced

Programme(s)

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

Topic(s)

• 1.1.4.-9. - Support for research infrastructures

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

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Coordinator

UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN

Address

41,Allégaten 41
5007 Bergen
Norway

Participants (5)

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE

France

Address

Avenue De La Terrasse, Bftiment 12
91198 Gif Sur Yvette

CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS

Spain

Address

Jordi Girona 18-26
08034 Barcelona

UNIVERSITAET BREMEN

Germany

Address

Klagenfurter Strasse
28359 Bremen

University of Cambridge

United Kingdom

Address

Downing Street
CB2 3EQ Cambridge

VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT AMSTERDAM - VERENIGING VOOR CHRISTELIJK WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERWIJS

Netherlands

Address

De Boelelaan 1105
1081 HV Amsterdam