Welcome to the ASOF Programme home page ASOF aims to measure and model the variability of fluxes between the Arctic Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean with the view to implementing a longer-term system of critical measurements needed to understand the high-latitude ocean's steering role in decadal climate variability. ASOF's domain is stuctured around six main regional tasks intended to meet the ASOF goal of mesuring the key ocean exchanges between the Arctic Ocean and Subarctic Seas and their impact both on the overturning circulation of the Northern North Atlantic and the Water Cycle. A 7th modelling task will provide the necessary link between the regional tasks. ASOF is a subprogram of International SEARCH (International Study of Environmental Arctic Change) and an endorsed project of CLIVAR (Climate Variability and Predictability Study) and CliC (Climate and Cryosphere)	News The ASOF Book will be published by Springer and available in early 2008. The ASOF Book will be launched at the OS meeting in Orlando, 2-7 March 2007 Special session at the OS meeting on "the Nordic Seas and the North Atlantic's subpolar gyre"

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Last update 03-Oct-2007 by R. Boscolo Tel: +34 986 231930 ext 374 Fax: +34 986 292762

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