Opening sub-ice shelf cavities and exploring their impact on dense water Production and Export in NEMO global ocean models

Project description

Uncovering how ice shelves influence the deepest water mass on Earth

As a crucial climate system component, ice shelves control and feed the deep limb of the global ocean conveyor. Understanding the role that the seas under ice shelves play in influencing Antarctic water properties and circulation is therefore critical, as changes happening at these remote locations have global impacts. The EU-funded OPEN project will explore the influence of ocean-ice shelf interactions on the densest and deepest global water mass, Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW). The circulation of AABW constitutes the lower limb of the global overturning circulation and is responsible for transporting heat, carbon, oxygen and nutrients around our planet’s oceans. Project OPEN will use recent developments in NEMO global ocean configurations to explore AABW production and export.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › physical sciences › astronomy › planetary sciences › planets
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › oceanography
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › atmospheric sciences › climatology › climatic changes

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme
• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility

Topic(s)

• MSCA-IF-2019 - Individual Fellowships

Call for proposal

H2020-MSCA-IF-2019

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Funding Scheme

MSCA-IF-EF-ST - Standard EF

Coordinator

SORBONNE UNIVERSITE

Net EU contribution

€ 196 707,84

Address

21 Rue De L'ecole De Medecine
75006 Paris
France

Region

Ile-de-France › Ile-de-France › Paris

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Links

Non-EU contribution

€ 0,00