•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.