Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

Amount

$374,991.00

Award Date

5/21/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW) is the densest of circumpolar Subantarctic Mode Waters (SAMW). AAIW fills the southern hemisphere and world tropical oceans at depths of 800 m to 1000 m. These waters are important in the global freshwater budget and ma