Development and Implementation of Workshops to Facilitate Capacity in Ocean Circulation, Ecosystem and Management Strategy Evaluation Modeling

美国科学家和学生将参加一系列三个国际培训研讨会，重点是南大洋的数值模拟。这个为期三年的项目旨在培训教师和研究生开发和实施海洋环流、生物地球化学和食物网的数值模型，并通过管理战略评估(MSE)模型将这些模型与社会经济模型联系起来。第一期讲习班将以康塞普西翁大学2018年南方夏季研究所(ASI)为基础，该研究所的主题是数值模拟工具，以了解中高纬度海洋生态系统的物理和生物过程。第2年和第3年的讲习班将分别侧重于南极系统和MSE模式数值模拟的方法和工具。研讨会的国际合作伙伴包括位于瓦尔迪亚的智利南部大学高纬度海洋生态系统动力学卓越中心、康塞普西翁大学、位于蓬塔阿雷纳斯的马卡兰大学，以及与该中心合作的上海交通大学海洋研究所的中国教员。这些机构将提供方案所需的住房、会议设施和计算机资源。为讲习班编写的材料(讲座、示范代码、示范实施)将用于编写大学课程中的特别讲座，并将存档在一个专门的网站上。长期计划是，这些研讨会将为开发数值环流和生态系统建模的正式课程提供一个框架，这些课程将作为美国、智利、南美、中国和其他国际项目海洋科学项目的主要课程的一部分。每个研讨会将由概述讲座组成，然后是动手培训。期望参与者在研讨会结束后继续使用和开发他们的研究项目的模型。智力优点：拟议的研讨会的结构和鼓励科学家和学生之间富有成效的互动的总体计划得到了很好的发展。讲习班将侧重于重要的科学问题，相关模型的开发将从合作的国际环境中受益匪浅。广泛的影响：促进南极科学家之间的联系，并发展具有强大数值模拟技能和以南大洋为重点的国际科学界将是一项重要成果。美国在这个国际社会中的领导地位将使美国教职员工和学生能够扩大他们的科学联系，并有可能接触到国际合作者。

U.S. scientists and students will participate in a series of three international training workshops focused on numerical modeling of the southern ocean. The three-year program is designed to train faculty and graduate students in the development and implementation of numerical models for ocean circulation, biogeochemistry and food webs and linking these models with socio-economic models through Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE) models. The first workshop will build upon the 2018 Austral Summer Institute (ASI) at Universidad de Concepcion, which has the theme, Numerical Modeling Tools to Understand Physical and Biological Processes in Mid and High Latitude Marine Ecosystems. Workshops in years 2 and 3 will focus on approaches and tools for numerical modeling of Antarctic systems and MSE models, respectively. International partners for the workshops include the Center of Excellence on the Dynamics of High Latitude Marine Ecosystems (IDEAL) at Universidad Austral de Chile in Valdivia, the Universidad de Concepcion, the Universidad de Magallanes in Punta Arenas, and Chinese faculty from Shanghai Jaio Tong University's Institute of Oceanography who collaborate with the IDEAL Center. These institutions will provide housing, conference facilities and computer resources necessary for the program.The materials developed for the workshops (lectures, model codes, model implementations) will be available for the development of special lectures in university courses and archived on a dedicated website. The long-term plan is that the workshops will provide a framework for development of formal courses in numerical circulation and ecosystem modeling that will be included as part of the main curriculum in marine science programs in the U.S., Chile, South America, China and other international programs. Each workshop will consist of overview lectures that are followed with hands-on training. The expectation is that participants will continue to use and develop the models for their research projects after the workshop.Intellectual Merit: The structure of the proposed workshops and the general plan for encouraging productive interactions between scientists and students is well developed. The workshops will focus on important scientific questions and development of related models will benefit greatly from the collaborative international environment.Broader Impacts: Catalyzing connections between Antarctic scientists and development of an international scientific community with strong numerical modeling skills and a focus on the southern ocean will be an important outcome. US leadership in this international community will allow US faculty and students to expand their scientific connections and potential access to international collaborators.