The table below lists the RAPID data sets and, for each of them, defines the communities entitled to access the archived data. Authorised users can apply by clicking on the relevant APPLY link in the table. You will be requested to abide by the RAPID Climate Change Data Policy.
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| Principal Investigator (PI) | Grant Number | Project Title | BADC data directory | Access | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professor J Bamber (PI), University of Bristol
Professor P J Gregory, Scottish Crop Research Institute Professor AJ Payne, University of Bristol Professor J G Shepherd, University of Southampton Professor PJ Valdes, University of Bristol |
NER/T/S/2002/00462 | The role of the cryosphere on modulating the thermohaline circulation of the North Atlantic | Bamber_Rapid1_Round1 | Currently restricted to project participants - APPLY | ||
| Professor KR Briffa (PI), University of East Anglia
Professor P Jones, University of East Anglia |
NER/T/S/2002/00440 | Quantitative applications of high-resolution late Holocene proxy data sets: estimating climate sensitivity and thermohaline circulation influences | Briffa_Rapid1_Round1 | Currently restricted to project participants - APPLY | ||
| Mr P Challenor(PI), National Oceanography Centre
Professor M Goldstein, Durham University Professor PD Killworth, National Oceanography Centre Professor A O'Hagan, University of Sheffield Dr J Oakley, University of Sheffield |
NER/T/S/2002/00450 | The Probability of Rapid Climate Change | Challenor_Rapid1_Round1 | Currently restricted to project participants - APPLY | ||
| Dr E Guilyardi (PI), University of Reading
Professor RT Sutton, University of Reading |
NER/T/S/2002/00442 | The role of salinity in ocean circulation and climate response to greenhouse gas forcing | Guilyardi_Rapid1_Round1 | Currently restricted to project participants - APPLY | ||
| Dr JA Holmes (PI), University College London
Professor T Atkinson, University College London Professor KE Barber, University of Southampton Professor JD Marshall, University of Liverpool Professor FH Stott, University of Manchester Professor PJ Valdes, University of Bristol Dr EW Wolff, NERC British Antarctic Survey |
NER/T/S/2002/00460 | ISOMAP UK: a combined data-modelling investigation of water isotopes and their interpretation during rapid climate change events | Holmes_Rapid1_Round1 | Currently restricted to project participants - APPLY | ||
| Professor Sir BJ Hoskins (PI), Imperial College London, Grantham Institute for Climate Change
Dr M Blackburn, University of Reading |
NER/T/S/2002/00441 | The atmospheric water vapour budget and its relevance to the THC | Hoskins_Rapid1_Round1 | Currently restricted to project participants - APPLY | ||
| Dr SA Josey (PI), National Oceanography Centre | NER/T/S/2002/00427 | The Role of Air-Sea Forcing in Causing Rapid Changes in the North Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation | Josey_Rapid1_Round1 | Currently restricted to project participants - APPLY | ||
| Professor AW Tudhope, University of Edinburgh
Dr R Scott, Scottish Universities Env Research Centre Dr G Shimmield, Bigelow Lab for Ocean Sciences Professor JM Slingo, University of Reading |
NER/T/S/2002/00443 | Improving our ability to predict rapid changes in the El Nino Southern Oscillation climatic phenomenon | Tudhope_Rapid1_Round1 | Currently restricted to project participants - APPLY | ||
| Professor A Watson (PI), University of East Anglia
Dr D Stevens, University of East Anglia |
NER/T/S/2002/00446 | Circulation, overflow, and deep convection studies in the Nordic Seas using tracers and models | Watson_Rapid1_Round1 | Currently restricted to project participants - APPLY | ||
| Professor RG Williams (PI), University of Liverpool, Professor CW Hughes, Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory Professor J Huthnance, Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory |
NER/T/S/2002/00439 | The role of sloping topography in the overturning circulation of the North Atlantic | Williams_Rapid1_Round1 | Currently restricted to project participants - APPLY | ||
| Professor AJ Willmott (PI), Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory
Dr J Holt, Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory Dr R Proctor, Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory Professor I Shrira, Keele University |
NER/T/S/2002/00425 | Processes controlling dense water formation and transport on Arctic continental shelves | Willmott_Rapid1_Round1 | Currently restricted to project participants - APPLY | ||
| Dr WEN Austin (PI), University of St Andrews
Dr CL Bryant, NERC Radiocarbon Laboratory |
NE/C000137/1 | Can Younger Dryas atmospheric 14C concentration be attributed to North Atlantic surface ocean ventilation? | Austin_Rapid1_Round2 | Currently restricted to project participants - APPLY | ||
| Dr S Bacon (PI), National Oceanography Centre
Dr AC Coward, National Oceanography Centre Dr SW Laxon, University College London Dr D Stevens, University of East Anglia |
NE/C509307/1 | Arctic regulation of the thermohaline circulation (ARTHER) | Bacon_Rapid1_Round2 | Currently restricted to project participants - APPLY | ||
| Professor J Gregory (PI), University of Reading | NE/C509366/1 | Understanding uncertainty in simulations of THC-related rapid climate change | Gregory_Rapid1_Round2 | Currently restricted to project participants - APPLY | ||
| Professor K Haines (PI), University of Reading, Environmental Systems Science Centre
Dr BA King, National Oceanography Centre |
NE/C509058/1 | Assimilation in ocean and coupled models to determine the thermohaline circulation. | Haines_Rapid1_Round2 | Currently restricted to project participants - APPLY | ||
| Professor Sir BJ Hoskins (PI), Imperial College London, Grantham Institute for Climate Change
Dr M Blackburn, University of Reading |
NE/C509115/1 | The impact of climate change on the North Atlantic and European storm-track and blocking. | Hoskins_Rapid1_Round2 | Currently restricted to project participants - APPLY | ||
| Professor DP Marshall (PI), University of Oxford
Professor CW Hughes, Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory Professor RG Williams, University of Liverpool |
NE/C509266/1 | Attribution of ocean climate change signals in the Atlantic. | Marshall_Rapid1_Round2 | Currently restricted to project participants - APPLY | ||
| Professor RT Sutton (PI), University of Reading
Dr MR Allen, University of Oxford Mr P Challenor, National Oceanography Centre Professor PD Killworth, National Oceanography Centre |
NE/C509174/1 | Predictability of rapid climate change associated with the Atlantic thermohaline circulation. | Sutton_Rapid1_Round2 | Currently restricted to project participants - APPLY | ||
| Professor GR Bigg (PI), University of Sheffield
Dr CD Clark, University of Sheffield Professor H Haflidason, University of Bergen Professor HP Sejrup, University of Bergen |
NE/C509523/1 | Punctuated disintegration of the NW European ice sheet and rapid climate change | Bigg_Rapid1_JointAO | Currently restricted to project participants - APPLY | ||
| Professor SP Harrison (PI), University of Bristol
Dr TM Dokken, University of Bergen, Norway Professor E Jansen, University of Bergen, Norway Professor J Mangerud, University of Bergen, Norway Dr H Renssen, Free University of Amsterdam, Netherlands Dr JI Svendsen, University of Bergen, Norway Professor PJ Valdes, University of Bristol Professor JF Vandenberghe, Free University of Amsterdam, Netherlands Dr N Weber, Royal Netherlands Meteorology Institute |
NE/C509558/1 | Impact of changing freshwater flows on the thermohaline circulation and European climate - analysis and modelling of the last deglaciation. | Harrison_Rapid1_JointAO | Currently restricted to project participants - APPLY | ||
| Dr TJ Osborn (PI), University of East Anglia
Dr J Barkmeijer, Royal Netherlands Meteorology Institute Professor KR Briffa, University of East Anglia Dr N Weber, Royal Netherlands Meteorology Institute Dr G van der Schrier, University of East Anglia |
NE/C509507/1 | To what extent was the Little Ice Age a result of a change in the THC? | Osborn_Rapid1_JointAO | Currently restricted to project participants - APPLY | ||
| Professor J Bamber (PI), University of Bristol
Prof Dr OM Johannessen, Nansen Environmental & Remote Sensing Center, Norway; Dr E van Meijgaard, Royal Netherlands Meteorology Institute Dr MR van den Broeke, University of Utrecht, Netherlands |
NE/C51631X/1 | Mass balance and freshwater contribution of the Greenland ice sheet: a combined modelling and observational approach | VanDenBroeke_Rapid1_JointAO | Currently restricted to project participants - APPLY | ||