The Atlantic Meridional Transect (AMT) is a multidisciplinary
programme which undertakes biological, chemical and physical
oceanographic research during an annual voyage between the UK and
destinations in the South Atlantic - previously the Falkland
Islands, South Africa and Chile, a distance of up to 13,500km. This
transect crosses a range of ecosystems from sub-polar to tropical
and from euphotic shelf seas and upwelling systems to oligotrophic
mid-ocean gyres.
The programme was established in 1995 and since then has
included 19 research cruises involving over 180 scientists from 11
countries. AMT has proved to be a long-term multidisciplinary ocean
observation programme, which is a platform for national and
international scientific collaboration, a training arena for the
next generation of oceanographers and an ideal facility for
validation of novel technology.
The next cruise to take place will be AMT20 which will sail from
the UK to Chile in October-November 2010.
