¥Set up and run an individual based model (IBM) for the
Northwest Atlantic, using the high-NAO (1980-1993) and low-NAO (1962-1971) forced physical
fields from an ongoing eddy-resolving North Atlantic simulation.
¥Perform a set of
eddy-resolving basin-scale model simulations during 1988-1999 starting from already existing high-NAO simulations (from the ongoing NASA project) and run the
IBM to study the interannual variability of C. finmarchicus seeding and production in this region.
¥Analyze long-term in-situ physical and biological datasets and satellite-derived
sea surface temperature (SST) along with in-situ physical, biological, and
chemical data collected during the GLOBEC
core-measurement period (1995-1999), and validate the basin-scale
physical and biological fields to develop a broader understanding of C.
finmarchicus seeding and production.
¥Generate
four-dimensional high-resolution
(5-km) physical fields using
basin-scale fields and available data during 1993-1999, and run a series of
IBM simulations at higher resolution in order to address questions relating ecosystem variability on the
Scotian Shelf, on Slope Sea and within the
Gulf of Maine and on Georges Bank to the
large-scale fluctuations of the NAO.