| Operational Products from GLOBEC |
| Andrew J. Pershing | |
| University of Maine/ | |
| Gulf of Maine Research Institute |
| Informatics |
| GLOBEC was funded to provide knowledge about important processes | ||
| Fish recruitment | ||
| With the right data, we could use this knowledge to provide information | ||
| Good year for cod? | ||
| Informatics |
| A major legacy of GLOBEC are models | ||
| Formal representation of what we know | ||
| Relate things we can measure (data) to things we want to know (information) | ||
| Informatics |
| Types of models | ||
| Conceptual | ||
| Statistical (NAO-Slope Water-Calanus-Right whales) | ||
| Dynamical (FVCOM) | ||
| Informatics |
| Data | ||
| Historical (GB Broadscale) | ||
| On going (CPR) | ||
| Real-time (GoMOOS) | ||
| Discussion Points |
| What are some big, ongoing questions in GoM/GB that we could imagine addressing? | ||
| What models could be used? | ||
| Infrastructure? | ||
| What data would be required? | ||
| Sustainable? | ||
| Who would fund operations? Model development? | ||