Meridional Overturning Exchanges with the Nordic Seas (MOEN) Data Set (2002-2005)
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | Marine Research Institute |
| Country | Iceland  |
| Project | Hydrographic conditions in Icelandic waters |
| Time period | 2002-2005 |
| Ongoing | No |
| Geographical area | Northern Icelandic waters |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Salinity of the water column; Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents); Temperature of the water column |
| Instruments | CTD; current meters |
| Description | |
| Summary | MOEN is a self-contained project of the intercontinental Arctic-Subarctic Ocean Flux (ASOF) Array for European Climate project, which aims at monitoring and understanding the oceanic fluxes of heat, salt and freshwater at high northern latitudes and their effect on global ocean circulation and climate. MOEN will contribute to a better long-term observing system to monitor the exchanges between the North Atlantic and the Nordic Seas from direct and continuous measurements in order to allow an assessment of the effect of anthropogenic climate change on the Meridional Overturning Circulation. This we will be done by measuring and modelling fluxes and characteristics of total Atlantic inflow to the Nordic Seas and of the Iceland-Scotland component of the overflow from the Nordic Seas to the Atlantic. The MRI data set comprises data from CTD sections around Iceland together with data from Aanderaa current meters. |
| Originators | Marine Research Institute |
| Data web site | http://www.bjerknes.uib.no/research/MOEN/index.html |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | Marine Research Institute |
| Availability | Moratorium |
| Contact | Hedinn Valdimarsson |
| Address | Marine Research Institute |
| Telephone | +354 575 2000 |
| Facsimile | +354 575 2001 |
| hv@hafro.is | |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | Marine Research Institute |
| Local identifier | 16001008 |
| Global identifier | 1417 |
| Last revised | 2009-01-28 |
