Advances in Physical, Biological, and Coupled Ocean Models During the US GLOBEC Program

The ICES Working Group on Zooplankton Ecology: Accomplishments of the first 25 years

“…The past decade has witnessed substantial improvements in coupled physical biological models to examine zooplankton transport and connectivity, their bioenergetics and life history, and in end-to-end food web models (Curchitser et al, 2013).…”

The Fate of Fisheries Oceanography: Introduction to the Special Issue

“…In addition to the availability of more and higher-quality ocean data, significant progress has been made in constructing ever-improving ocean and ecosystem models. Coupled physical-biological models and end-to-end ecosystem models are allowing fisheries oceanographers to examine the mechanisms of environmental influences on marine ecosystems (Miller, 2007;Fulton, 2010;Curchitser et al, 2013;Franks et al, 2013;Haidvogel et al, 2013;Ruzicka et al, 2013), as well as to evaluate management strategy scenarios (Levin et al, 2009).…”

US GLOBEC: Program Goals, Approaches, and Advances

“…Ocean modeling was making great leaps forward (Curchitser et al, 2013, in this issue) that paralleled developments in computer technology and informed field sampling strategies (McGillicuddy et al, 2001). At the same time, long time series that would enable retrospective analysis had been obtained in many locations in the coastal ocean (e.g., Bisagni et al, 1996;Meise and O'Reilly, 1996;Conversi et al, 2001;Pierce et al, 2006;Huyer et al, 2007).…”