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

这项由Old自治领大学、威廉和玛丽学院、地球和空间研究所以及伍兹霍尔海洋学研究所共同开展的合作研究将研究南极半岛大陆架西部海洋环流、垂直混合、海冰和海洋生物过程之间的相互作用。 这项研究将产生分析和数字建模工具，这些工具将以全球海洋生态系统动态方案南大洋实验过程中获得的大量数据集为基础，并将根据这些数据集进行测试。这些模型将提供对环流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是一个多学科的努力，重点是了解影响南极磷虾（Euphausia superba）生长，繁殖，招募和生存的物理和生物因素。该计划采用多营养级方法，包括南极磷虾的捕食者和竞争者，以其他浮游动物，鱼类，企鹅，海豹和鲸目动物为代表。 目前正处于综合和建模阶段。这一合作项目关注的是制约生态过程的环境设置和动态，并将与其他处理食草动物、捕食者和其他更高营养级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