Ocean Circulation and Climate Advanced Modelling Project (OCCAM) http://www.soc.soton.ac.uk/JRD/OCCAM/
The OCCAM project has developed two high resolution (1/4 and 1/8 degree) models of the World Ocean - including the Arctic Ocean and marginal seas such as the Mediterranean. The project is being carried out by researchers at the Southampton Oceanography Centre in collaboration with colleagues from the Universities of East Anglia and Edinburgh.
Ocean Colour for the Determination of Water Column Biological Processes (BIOCOLOR) http://abyss.iopan.gda.pl/biocolor/
The aim of this study is relate changes in the properties of the water column and associated sucessions in the phytoplankton with changes in optical properties and ocean colour. Models based on these relationships will be developed and validated. These models will facilitate the interpretation of measurements of ocean colour (remote or in-situ) in terms of the temporal and spatial structures of phytoplankton communities.
Physiological Ecology of a Pelagic crustacean (PEP). http://www.obs-vlfr.fr/PEP/.index.html
Impact of a Climatic Gradient on the Physiological Ecology of a Pelagic crustacean - a study of the functional marine biodiversity as a basis for understanding ecosystem structure, dynamics and resilience is focused on the Northern krill. The patterns of diversity in this species - an important component of Atlantic communities - will be investigated at specific locations in the north-eastern Atlantic, the Kattegat and the Meditarranean.
PRe-Operational Modelling In the Seas of Europe (PROMISE). http://www.pol.ac.uk/promise/
PROMISE's objectives are to develop a framework in which to optimise the application of existing pre-operational dynamical models of the North Sea and to quantify sediment exchange rates and scales between coast and the near-shore. PROMISE is an EU-RTD Project.
Processes in Regions of Fresh Water Influence (PROFILE) http://www.pol.ac.uk/coin/profile1.html
studies the role of physical processes controlling water-property distributions, suspended sediments controlling the availability of light, nutrients and phytoplankton growth. The project comprises development of a 3-D nearshore model, measurements in contrasted ROFIs and comparisons between them.
PROcesses of Vertical Exchange in Shelf Seas (PROVESS). http://www.nbi.ac.uk/provess/
PROVESS is a joint European MAST III funded interdisciplinary study of vertical fluxes of properties through the water column and the surface and bottom boundaries based on the integrated application of new measuring techniques, new advances in turbulence theory and new models.
