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The U.S. World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) and ACCP are planning a modeling/observational program in the North Atlantic. The overarching goal of ACCE is to construct a dynamically consistent description of the meridional overturning circulation in the Atlantic, its variability, associated property fluxes, and impact on atmospheric climate. ACCE was initially discussed at a May 1994 WOCE/ACCP workshop convened at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory in Princeton, New Jersey. Based on input from that meeting and subsequent discussions, a proposal was submitted to NSF/NOAA giving the scientific objectives of ACCE and preliminary implementation plans. The proposal was reviewed jointly by both agencies. The scientific rationale for ACCE was approved after a second review by an NSF/NOAA review panel. A meeting was widely announced and convened in Atlanta, Georgia during February, 1995 to begin developing the detailed implementation to address the issues in the science plan. It was decided to submit three proposals to NSF and NOAA to implement ACCE. The proposals are: the upper layers of the tropics and subtropics; the subpolar region; and the intensity and decadal variability of the meridional overturning circulation. Writing teams were established at the meeting and proposals are being written. An NSF/NOAA Announcement of Opportunity will be published on 1 April to provide additional information to the community about ACCE. Proposals will be due 15 August 1995. Investigators interest ed in obtaining additional information about ACCE should contact:
Dr. Piers Chapman
U.S. Woce Office
College Station Texas
(409) 845-1443
e-mail: chapman@astra.tamu.edu
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