NACLIM CT 2Monitoring of North Atlantic parameters

Core Theme sessionsTrieste 2nd Oct 9:00-13:00

Lead: Svein Østerhus and Johannes Karstensen

WP 2.1 Exchanges across the Greenland-Scotland RidgeLead: Svein Østerhus (UniRes)

WP 2.2 Transports in the subtropical North AtlanticLead: Johannes Karstensen (GEOMAR)

WP 2.3 Joint model – observational data comparisonLead: Detlef Quadfasel (UHAM)

WP 2.1 Exchanges across the Greenland-Scotland Ridge

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NACLIM

• Task 2.1.1 Monitoring the inflow of Atlantic water to the Nordic Seas• Task 2.1.2 Monitoring the dense water overflow across the Greenland-Scotland Ridge• Task 2.1.3 Sources of the Denmark Strait Overflow• Task 2.1.4 Freshwater fluxes on the East Greenland Shelf

WP 2.2 Transports in the subpolar and subtropical North AtlanticWP 2.2 Transports in the subpolar and subtropical North Atlantic

• Task 2.2.1 Upper layer transport in the Subpolar gyre Task 2.2.1 Upper layer transport in the Subpolar gyre • Task 2.2.2 Lower layer transport in the Subpolar gyreTask 2.2.2 Lower layer transport in the Subpolar gyre• Task 2.2.3 Connection between Upper and Lower layer in the Subpolar gyreTask 2.2.3 Connection between Upper and Lower layer in the Subpolar gyre• Task 2.2.4 Sustainability of observations and link to other projectsTask 2.2.4 Sustainability of observations and link to other projects

WP 2.3 Joint model – observational data comparison

• Task 2.3.1 Matrix definition• Task 2.3.2 Coherent data sets• Task 2.3.3 Large scale and regional budgets

NACLIM CT 2Monitoring of North Atlantic parameters

Members:Members:

Hafrannsoknastofnunin (MRI)Havstovan (HAV)The Scottish Ministers acting through Marine Scotland (MSS) The Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS)Natural Environment Research Council (NERC - NOC)University of Bergen (UIB)UNI Research AS (UniRes)Stichting Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Zeeonderzoek (NIOZ)University of Hamburg (UHAM)Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung (GEOMAR)Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI)

WP 2.3 includes all NACLIM partners

CT2 Theme session, Oct 2nd 2013members attending

Detlef Quadfasel UHAM

Nuno Nunes UHAM

Clare Johnson SAMS

Stuart Cunningham SAMS

Laura de Steur NIOZ

Darren Rayner NERC NOC

Gerard McCarthy NERC NOC

Steingrímur Jónsson MRI

Johannes Karstensen GEOMAR

Barbara Berx MSS

Karen Margretha Larsen HAV

Bert Rudels FMI

Hedinn Valdimarsson MRI

Svein Østerhus UNIRes

CT 2; status• WP2.1 Exchanges across the Greenland-Scotland Ridge

– Task 2.1.1 Monitoring the inflow of Atlantic water to the Nordic Seas– Task 2.1.2 Monitoring the dense water overflow across the Greenland-Scotland Ridge– Task 2.1.3 Sources of the Denmark Strait Overflow– Task 2.1.4 Freshwater fluxes on the East Greenland Shelf

• WP2.2 Transports in the subtropical North Atlantic– Task 2.2.1 Upper layer transport in the Subpolar gyre – Task 2.2.2 Lower layer transport in the Subpolar gyre– Task 2.2.3 Connection between Upper and Lower layer in the Subpolar gyre– Task 2.2.4 Sustainability of observations and link to other projects

• WP2.3 Joint model – observational data comparison– Task 2.3.1 Matrix definition– Task 2.3.2 Coherent data sets– Task 2.3.3 Large scale and regional budgets

Deliverable• D21.12 Description of a monitoring system on the shallow

East Greenland shelf – 11 NIOZ / Laura• D22.6 Pre-NACLIM time series data provided to NACLIM data

portal for CMIP model data comparison – 6 GEOMAR• D22.14 1 batch-Newly acquired & updated time series

provided to data portal for CMIP model data comparison – 11 NIOZ

• D23.15 Definition of Matrix containing key ocean quantities & ass. errors for direct model-obs. comparison – 9 FMI

• D23.16 Data sets containing time series of relevant ocean quantities from the pre-NACLIM period- 1 UHAM

Reports & Discussions

• Report on: Monitoring the flow of Atlantic water through the Faroe-Shetland Channel – lead: Karin M.

• Report on: RDI ADCP problem – UHAM• Data availability: how to best connect/provide

information for model comparison? what to compare? - Johannes

Future

• Cruise planning 2014 - and beyond• OSNAP• CT2 initiative for the Horizon 2020 call• CT2 Workshops

– is there a need for technical workshop (problems with bottom mounted ADCPs, data telemetry systems)?

– Other workshops?

Next Deliverables• D21.21 / mnd 18: Daily time series data of mass, heat and

freshwater transport across the G-S-R – lead: UIB/Kjetil• D22.8 / mnd 18: Report on the technical characteristic of the

observing systen operated in NACLIM south of the sills• D22.29 / mnd 24: 1 batch-Newly acquired & updated time

series provided to data portal for CMIP model data comparison – 11 NIOZ

• D23.17 / mnd 17: 1st Batch-updated of data sets containing time series of relevant key ocean quantities – 1 UHAM

• D23.30 mnd 24: 1st Batch-updated of data sets containing time series of relevant key ocean quantities – 1 UHAM

Milestones• MS7 / mnd 18: Monitoring system on the shallow East

Greenland shelf established – lead: Svein/Laura• MS9 / mnd 24: Time series for Labrador/Irminger seas

accessible for the CMIP5 validation – 6 GEOMAR• MS11 / mnd 24: Optimized mooring in the deep convection

regions deployed - 6 GEOMAR• MS12 / mnd 24: Start of gliders programme in eastern

boundary current – 5 UNIRes

The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union 7th Framework Programme (FP7 2007-2013), under grant agreement n.308299NACLIM www.naclim.eu