The Science Themes of AGCS

The programme has four major, closely linked themes of research:

Theme 1. Decadal time scale variability in the Antarctic climate system, which will investigate ocean-atmosphere coupling, the role played by radiative processes and the role of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation in modulating the Antarctic climate. Leader David Bromwich
Theme 2. Global and regional climate signals in ice cores to establish better quantitative relationships between ice core data and measures of tropical, mid- and high latitude climate variability. Leader Paul Mayewski
Theme 3. Natural and anthropogenic forcing on the Antarctic climate system, including the production of regional-scale estimates of expected climate change over Antarctica during the next 100 years. Leader John Turner
Theme 4. The export of Antarctic climate signals, to examine the means by which climate changes in the Antarctic can influence conditions at more northerly latitudes. Leader Mike Meredith

Last updated 8 August 2006
Dr John Turner, British Antarctic Survey (J.Turner@bas.ac.uk)