Scientific
Objectives
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i)
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To
provide a regional focal point and long-term data context for
relatively short-term UK SOLAS campaigns, experiments and process
studies. Since atmosphere-ocean feedbacks are the
main topic of interest for the programme, such studies - and the
observatory - need to be in an area subject to natural seasonal
atmospheric and/or oceanic variability. |
ii)
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To
initiate long-term studies of inter-annual variability and trends in
marine troposphere composition and associated meteorological,
geophysical and oceanographic factors at an
open-ocean site that is representative of a region likely to be
sensitive to future climate change, and is minimally influenced by
local effects and intermittent continental pollution. The
collection of such data (hopefully to be continued beyond the lifetime
of the SOLAS programme) and their integration with
satellite-based work will permit evaluation and improvement of regional
and global ocean atmosphere models. |
Proposal and Contract
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29/06/05 Draft
contract arrangements with IRD
13/06/05 NERC SOLAS newsletter and summary of CV
project
08/06/05 NERC appendix
to contract
17/03/05
Discussion document
on possible long term maritime monitoring sites
23/03/05
Cape Verde proposal
to SOLAS
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