Concept information
Preferred term
ACCE
Definition
- The Atlantic Climate and Circulation Experiment (ACCE) is a 5-year program sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to examine ocean-atmosphere interaction in the North Atlantic ocean. The purpose of the experiment is to study the ocean's effect on climate change. Profiling Autonomous Lagrangian Circulation Explorer (PALACE) drifters are used to track water masses in the subarctic gyre and the subtropical gyre of the North Atlantic ocean. In addition, these drifters measure vertical profiles of salinity and temperature in the water column. Individual projects are conducted by scientists at the University of Washington, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the University of Miami, and the NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML). [This information was obtained from the Profiling Drifters website of the Univ. of Washington, School of Oceanography.] (en)
Broader concept
- A - C (en)
URI
https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/9aa5e178-40ee-44eb-8731-2d488394da49
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