Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0985221

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0985221

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Transient coastal upwelling along Western Australia: The dynamics of the Ningaloo Current system. This project will lead to significant advances in our understanding of the Ningaloo Current system that dominates the regional circulation surrounding Ningaloo Marine Park, part of the National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas. The numerical model and field measurements will, for the first time, elucidate which physical factors drive the Ningaloo Current and the resulting spatial and temporal variability of upwelling. This will ultimately provide insight into how various ecological processes are linked to hydrodynamics (e.g., nutrient delivery, bleaching) and help assess how susceptible the reef ecosystem may be to changes to physical forcing resulting from climate change.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2009

End Date: 30-04-2012

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $360,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Environmental Engineering Modelling | Oceanography | Physical Oceanography | Turbulent Flows

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Climate change | Oceanic processes (excl. climate related) | Marine protected areas |

Other Keywords

Climate change | Environmental Engineering Modelling | Marine protected areas | Oceanic processes (excl. climate related) | Oceanography | Physical Oceanography | Turbulent Flows

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