Circulation and transports in the Atlantic Ocean

Updated 2001-04-06

Elaboration of DUTCH-WARP [Deep and Upper Transport, Circulation and Hydrography-WOCE Atlantic Research Programme] in the frame of WOCE: deep circulation of thermal structure of surface water in the Iceland Basin; continuation of the application of ARGOS buoys; implementation of satellite altimetry of the North Atlantic Ocean; eastern boundary current of the North Atlantic Ocean in the Bay of Biscay as contribution to WOCE (1992-1998)

This is not a National Implementation Plan (NIP) project

Status: Ongoing
Project time span: 1998 -
Data collection: not specified
Data processing: not specified
Data reporting: not specified

Contact information

Contact person: H.M. van Aken
Address: Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee Postbus 59 1790 AB ‘t Horntje Texel Netherlands
Phone: +31 222 369300
Fax: +31 222 319674
Other project contacts: Visiting address: Landsdiep 4 1797 SZ 't Horntje Texel

Parameters and Media

Parameter groups measured/observed/modelled

Media sampled/studied/modelled

Additional information or further specification of types of data / information collected, species / tissues / organs sampled, etc.

ARGOS buoys satellite altimetry

Geography

Regions studied: None specified
Other areas: North Atlantic Ocean

Data availability

Are data archived or planned to be archived at an AMAP Thematic Data Centre?: no

Samples/specimens archived in specimen banks?: No

Methods & Procedures

Not specified

Additional Information

Is this a bi- AND multi-lateral project (i.e. a project involving cooperation between different countries)?: No