Collaborative Research: U.S. SO GLOBEC Synthesis and Modeling: Circulation and Hydrographic Data Analyses and Modeling Studies

这项由老道明大学、威廉与玛丽学院、地球与空间研究所和伍兹霍尔海洋研究所合作进行的研究将研究南极半岛西部大陆架上海洋环流、垂直混合、海冰和海洋生物过程之间的相互作用。这项研究将产生基于全球海洋生态系统动力学计划（SO-Globec）在南大洋实验过程中获得的大量数据集的分析和数值模拟工具，并将对这些数据集进行测试。这些模型将提供对循环和生物动力学的深入了解，这将适用于其他高纬度系统的物理和生物模型的开发和改进。SO-Globec是一项多学科合作项目，旨在了解影响南极磷虾（Euphausia superba）生长、繁殖、招募和生存的物理和生物因素。该计划采用多营养水平的方法，包括南极磷虾的捕食者和竞争对手，以其他浮游动物、鱼类、企鹅、海豹和鲸目动物为代表。它目前处于综合和建模阶段。该合作项目关注限制生态过程的环境背景和动态，并将与其他处理食草动物、食肉动物和其他更高营养水平的综合和建模研究相结合

This collaborative study between Old Dominion University, the College of William and Mary, Earth and Space Research, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution will examine the interactions among the ocean circulation, vertical mixing, sea ice, and marine biological processes on the western Antarctic Peninsula continental shelf. The study will result in analytical and numerical modeling tools that are based on, and will have been tested against the extensive data set obtained in the course of the Southern Ocean experiment of the Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics program (SO-Globec). These models will provide insight into circulation and biological dynamics that will be applicable to the development and refinement of physical and biological models for other high latitude systems. SO-Globec is a multidisciplinary effort focused on understanding the physical and biological factors that influence growth, reproduction, recruitment and survival of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba). The program uses a multi-trophic level approach that includes the predators and competitors of Antarctic krill, represented by other zooplankton, fish, penguins, seals, and cetaceans. It is currently in a synthesis and modeling phase. This collaborative project is concerned with the environmental setting and dynamics that constrain ecological processes, and will be integrated with other synthesis and modeling studies that deal with grazers, predators, and other higher trophic levels