Regional Scale Current and Hydrographic Observations in the Western Weddell Sea: A Component of AnZone

Information

• NSF Award
• 9024828

Owner

• Science Applications International Corporation

• Award Id

  9024828

• Award Effective Date

  7/1/1991 - 32 years ago

• Award Expiration Date

  12/31/1994 - 29 years ago

• Award Amount

  $ 416,717.00

• Award Instrument

  Continuing grant

The proposed work is part of an integrated research program into the oceanographic structure of the western Weddell Sea. It is to be carried out from an ice camp jointly occupied by U.S. and USSR scientists from February to June 1992. This project concerns the regional-scale circulation and the variability of the Weddell SEa boundary current. Five moorings consisting of two current meters each will be suspended from the ice at 50 kilometer intervals in a line normal to the mean direction of the current. The upper current meters will within Polar Surface Water, while the lower meters will be within the warmer Weddell Warm Water. This array will complement a series of taut wire moorings to be emplaced by the German Antarctic Program in the central Weddell Sea.

• Program Officer

  Bernhard Lettau

• Min Amd Letter Date

  7/5/1991 - 32 years ago

• Max Amd Letter Date

  3/15/1994 - 30 years ago

• ARRA Amount

• Name

  Leidos, Inc.

• City

  Reston

• State

  VA

• Country

  United States

• Address

  11951 Freedom Dr.

• Postal Code

  201905656

• Phone Number

  5715267028

• First Name

  Robin

• Last Name

  Muench

• Email Address

  rmuench@esr.org

• Start Date

  3/15/1994 12:00:00 AM

• Name

  Polar Programs-Related

• Code

  311000

• Name

  Physical & Chemical Oceanography

• Code

  44

• Text

  ANTARCTIC OCEAN & ATMOSPH SCI

• Code

  5113

• Text

  UNASSIGNED

• Code

  0

• Text

  WORLD OCEAN CIRC EXPERIMENTS

• Code

  1326

• Text

  OTHER RESEARCH OR EDUCATION