SACC CONSORTIUM SITE
An International Consortium for the Study of Oceanic
Related Global and Climate Changes in South America
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IAI Collaborative Research Network Grant 2076 The South American Climate Change (SACC) Consortium is an initiative sponsored by the IAI through the Cooperative Research Networks (CRN) Program. The GENERAL PURPOSE of the SACC Consortium is: To coordinate and enhance human and institutional resources in South American countries, in order to advance the understanding of the coupled effects of global change and climate variability on the oceanic, atmospheric and terrestrial ecosystems of the Western South Atlantic region.
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A study by X. Capet, E. Campos and A. Paiva, suggests sub-mesoscale turbulence may be ubiquitous in the northern Patagonia continental shelf. Enhanced mixing associated with these scales may have important implications for the marine environment. 
A Special Issue of Continental Shelf Research publishes twelve articles reporting findings of the physical, biological, chemical and geological studies carried out as part of the Plata Project. The Plata project was sponsored by the IAI through CRN061 and CRN2076, the US Office of Naval Research and various Argentine, Brazilian and Uruguayan funding agencies.
A paper by Elbio Palma and co-authors in press in Jour.Geophysical Res. presents new circulation model results from Tierra del Fuego to Cabo Frio. The authors highlight the significant role of the western boudnary currents on the shelf circulation.
A paper by Mariana Framinan, former SACC Fellow and co-authors in press in Jour. Geophysical Res. reports on the fine scale velocity structure near the Rio de la Plata Turbidity front. For info contact mframinan@rsmas.miami.edu
Thursday 18 June Jorge Sarmiento (Princeton University) gave a seminar at UBA on the CO2 balance in the atmosphere-land-ocean system.
Last update : May 10, 2007.
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