GLIN==> On Wednesday, October 5 @ 10:30AM, the CILER-GLERL seminar series presents: Dr. Jia Wang, Climatologist

Please join us at the Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab for a 
presentation on modeling Great Lakes circulation and ecosystem 
responses,to be given by principal investigator Jia Wang. _Information 
about joining a webinar of this talk follows the seminar advertisement 
below_.



Modeling Great Lakes Circulation and Ecosystem Responses Using FVCOM

Join us for a Webinar on October 5

<https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/145695154>

*Space is limited.*
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/145695154

A unstructured grid model, FVCOM (Finite Volume Coastal Ocean Model), 
was implemented for the entire 5 Great Lakes in order to investigate the 
response of lake ice, hydrodynamics, and ecosystems to large-scale 
climate forcing. The model triangle grids are variable with an average 
resolution of 5 km. The model uses atmospheric forcing derived from the 
NCEP North America Regional Analysis (NARR). The forcing has a spatial 
resolution of 30km and temporal resolution of 3 hours. The model was run 
from 1995 to 1998. The model was validated using buoys, water 
temperature records, satellite measurements, and in situ measurements 
derived from the EEGLE (Episodic Events-Great Lakes Experiments) field 
campaign in 1998. The 5-lakes FVCOM has produced reasonable seasonal 
cycles of water temperature, mixed-layer depth, and circulation 
patterns. Furthermore, the coupled lower trophic level ecosystem model 
(NPZD-nutrient-phytoplankton-zooplankton-detritus) was applied to Lake 
Michigan for the year of 1998. This talk will discuss in depth the model 
performance, and the potential for future climate studies using the 
coupled ice-circulation-ecosystem model

*Title:* 	Modeling Great Lakes Circulation and Ecosystem Responses Using 
FVCOM
*Date:* 	Wednesday, October 5, 2011
*Time:* 	10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing 
information about joining the Webinar.

*System Requirements*
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server

Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.5 or newer


-- 
Sander D. Robinson
Outreach Director and Administrative Coordinator
Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research (CILER)
4840 S. State Rd.
Ann Arbor, MI  48108
(734)741-2172
Alternate E-mail:sanderdr at umich.edu


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