Objective THOR will establish an operational system that will monitor and forecast the development of the North Atlantic THC on decadal time scales and access its stability and the risk of a breakdown in a changing climate. Together with pre-existing data sets, ongoing observations within the project will allow precise quantitative monitoring of the Atlantic THC and its sources. This will, for the first time, allow an assessment of the strength of the Atlantic THC and its sources in a consistent manner and will provide early identification of any systematic changes in the THC that might occur. Analysis of palaeo observations covering the last millennium and millennium time scale experiments with coupled climate models will be carried out to identify the relevant key processes and feedback mechanisms between ocean, atmosphere, and cryosphere. In THOR, the combined effect of various global warming scenarios and melting of the Greenland ice sheet will also be thoroughly assessed in a coupled climate model. Through these studies and through the assimilation of systematic oceanic observations at key locations into ocean circulation models, THOR will forecast the development of the Atlantic THC and its variability until 2025, using global coupled ocean-atmosphere models. THOR will also assess induced climate implications of changes in the THC and the probability of extreme climate events with special emphasis on the European/North Atlantic region. THOR builds upon techniques, methods and models developed during several projects funded within FP5 and FP6 as well as many nationally funded projects. The project will contribute to Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES), to Global Observing Systems such as to the Global Ocean Observing system (GOOS), and to the International Polar Year (IPY). Fields of science natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesphysical geographyglaciology Keywords Decadal forecasting of THC Hindcast of THC THC observations Thermohaline Circulation Programme(s) FP7-ENVIRONMENT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change) Topic(s) ENV.2007.1.1.1.1. - Stability of the ThermoHaline Circulation Call for proposal FP7-ENV-2007-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-IP - Large-scale integrating project Coordinator UNIVERSITAET HAMBURG EU contribution € 1 584 500,00 Address MITTELWEG 177 20148 Hamburg Germany See on map Region Hamburg Hamburg Hamburg Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Volker Krause (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (20) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN EV Germany EU contribution € 878 000,00 Address HOFGARTENSTRASSE 8 80539 Munchen See on map Region Bayern Oberbayern München, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Claudia Piltz Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data MET OFFICE United Kingdom EU contribution € 652 000,00 Address FITZROY ROAD EX1 3PB Exeter See on map Region South West (England) Devon Devon CC Activity type Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Sandra Pearson (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE - 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