MASS Coastal
FVCOM
Surface Wave Model
Generalized Ecosystem Model
 (FVCOM Module)
Sediment Transport Model
(FVCOM Module)
Local Weather Model (WRF)/MM5
North American Meso-scale (NAM) Weather Model
Satellite SST
Buoy Winds
Insolation
Satellite
SST, U,V
Buoy
T,S,U,V
Freshwater
Input
Global Tidal
Model
Under developed
Existing Models
FVCOM System
KEY
 Heat Flux      Wind Stress 
         P-E           U,V
PAR
Data
BC’s
BC’s
U,V             Waves, Langmuir Cells
Form Drag
assimilation
assimilation
 Multi-Stage Zooplankton Model
   (IBM and concentration-based)
Nutrients, Phytoplankton
Ocean Colors
Fish Larval Model
(IBM and concentration-based)
VPR
Larval data
GoM/GB FVCOM
BC’s Inflow
Groundwater
Input
The Gulf of Maine Integrated Model System