Website
https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP170102162
Funding Status
Active
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Funded Activity Summary
How topography brakes the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. This project aims to observe and simulate the mechanisms that slow the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. The Southern Ocean winds have increased over the last two decades while the transport of the world’s largest current remains steady or slightly decreasing. A possible explanation is negative feedback mechanisms between the winds and transport of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. This project will observe how eddies carry momentum from the wind down to the sea floor and accelerate the deep currents that drag against the rough bottom to put the brakes on this current. Since this current affects Australian rainfall patterns and agricultural output, findings could inform public policy.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 07-2017
End Date: 12-2022
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $783,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Physical Oceanography | Climate Change Processes | Oceanography
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic Oceanography | Climate Variability (excl. Social Impacts) | Marine Oceanic Processes (excl. climate related) |
