What is really going on in the water mass of the deep ocean?
Ilker Fer and his colleagues got the opportunity to find out more about this when the Research Council gave them the green light. NorEMSO听is a coordinated, large-scale deep-ocean observation facility听to establish a Norwegian node for the European Multidisciplinary Seafloor and water column Observatory () European听Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC). NorEMSO is funded by the Research Council of Norway.听
Project partners are University of Bergen, Institute of Marine Research, NORCE, University of Troms酶, Norwegian Polar Institute and the Norwegian Meteorological Institute.
The EMSO research consortium was established in September 2016, and is now an ERIC. EMSO aims to explore听 听 听 the under-sampled oceans, to gain a better understanding of the critical role that oceans play in the broader Earth systems, and has observatories in key areas across the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea.听 听 The Nordic Seas, a tremendous player in our climate system and global ocean circulation, appear as a large听and significant gap in the EMSO. NorEMSO will fill this gap by creating a comprehensive observatory network听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 of the Nordic Seas, and making it a part of EMSO.听 NorEMSO will achieve this by the expansion of existing and establishment of new infrastructure, as well as its coordination and integration into EMSO.
The network of听NorEMSO听in the Nordic Seas听has three main components:听moored observatories, underwater gliders, and听an integrated听seafloor听and water column听observatory near a hydrothermal听vent听site on the Mohn Ridge. NorEMSO鈥檚听overarching scientific objective听is听to听better understand the听drivers for the temporal and spatial changes听of听water mass transformations, ocean circulation,听acidification, and听thermo-chemical exchanges at听 听 听 听 听 听the seafloor in the Nordic Seas.听NorEMSO听will produce and make听available high-quality, near real-time data, which听will听contribute to improvement of models听and听forecasting.听
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NOREMSO PROJECT LEADERSHIP
The project leader is听Ilker Fer (UiB), and the co-leader is Benedicte Ferr茅 (UiT).
Ilker Fer |听ilker.fer@uib.no
Benedicte Ferre |听benedicte.ferre@uit.no
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