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