MIXED Modelmeasurement Integration e Xperiment in Estuary Dynamics
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MIXED Model/measurement Integration e. Xperiment in Estuary Dynamics Kate Edwards PRISM science retreat September 27, 2002 MIXED 9/27
Motivation – Biology, chemistry, circulation, runoff, weather – Water quality vulnerability Ca rr • Study coupled ecosystem of south Sound • Integrate, validate PRISM models – Preparation for other studies; domain is entire Sound – Virtual Puget Sound, bloodstream SPASM • Education – Oceanography fieldwork class – Oceanography of Puget Sound class • Collaboration MIXED 9/27
Location: Carr Inlet Huge Creek Carr Inlet ORCA Tacoma Narrows Chambers Creek July 1990 aerial photo mosaic, USGS website MIXED 9/27
MIXED components • Bio. Float - D’Asaro, Reynolds – O 2, chlorophyll following water parcel: biological productivity • Surveys - Newton – O 2, chlorophyll, nutrients, productivity • Integrated physical model Kawase, Edwards • Aquatic Biochemistry Model, ORCA - Devol, Emerson • PRISM - Richey et al • Students • You? MIXED 9/27
When: next Spring bloom Plots from ORCA, USGS websites; data from NDBC. Air temp. (C) Wind speed (m/s) Streamflow MIXED 9/27
An opportunity for you • Collaboration – Observations, model results • Integration – Your related project? • Education – Fieldwork class projects Webpage faculty. washington. edu/~kae/MIXED. html MIXED 9/27
