Project
Atlantic Meridional Transect (AMT)
Active project
Project Start: September 1995 | Project End: January 2030
Project Funder: Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) - National Capability
Principal Investigator: Dr Andy Rees
Other Participants: Amanda Beesley, Carolyn Harris, Denise Cummings, Dr Darren Clark, Dr Dionysios Raitsos, Dr Francesco Nencioli, Dr Gavin Tilstone, Dr Giorgio Dall’Olmo, Dr Glen Tarran, Dr Ming-Xi Yang, Dr Ruth Airs, Dr Tim Smyth, Dr Vassilis Kitidis, Dr Victor Martinez-Vicente, E. Malcolm S. Woodward, Ian Brown, John Stephens
Project Website: http://www.amt-uk.org
The Atlantic Meridional Transect (AMT) multidisciplinary programme, which undertakes biological, chemical and physical oceanographic research during an annual voyage between the UK and destinations in the South Atlantic.
Established in 1995, the programme is a well respected and established scientific research programme which enables scientists to make open ocean observations through a wide latitudinal range, including the rarely sampled north and south Atlantic gyres. The AMT cruise programme is unique and facilitates a greater understanding of the ocean and the biogeochemistry within it.