Samoc The role and function of the Southern Atlantic in global ocean circulation and climate

Accreditation16/12/11
Total Budget:2 779.00 K€

The aim of the SAMOC project, which is an integral part of the international research partnership on climate variability and change, is to develop a surveillance system in the South Atlantic. This will involve pursuing the research first launched in 2004 into different zones – South Africa, Drake’s Passage and the eastern and western edges of the South Atlantic.

The project consists of developing an observation network with the help of modelling tools to understand how the South Atlantic functions and its role in global ocean circulation and long-term climate predictions.

Partners

Centres de recherche

  • IUEM (UMS 3113), Brest [Porteur de projet]
  • Laboratoire de Physique des Océans (UMR 6523), Brest
  • Instituto Oceanografico, Universidade de Sao Paolo IO/USP
  • Departamento de Oceanografia, Centro de Technologia e Geociencias, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
  • Physical Oceanography Division (PhOD), Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological laboratory at NOAA PhOD at NOAA-AOML
  • University of Miami's Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS)
  • University San Diego / Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego (US)
  • Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences Massachusetts Institute of Technology, DEAPS-MIT
  • Departamento Oceanografía, Servicio de Hidrografia Naval SHN
  • Department of Oceanography, University of Cape Town
  • Department of Marine Operations, Shirshov Institute of Oceanography, Moscow
  • Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven

Funders

  • Agence Nationale de la Recherche