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的三个国际培训讲习班，重点是南大洋的数值模拟。该为期三年的计划旨在培训教师和研究生开发和实施海洋环流，海洋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。第一个研讨会将建立在2018年孔塞普西翁大学的南方夏季研究所（ASI）的基础上，该研究所的主题是“了解中高纬度海洋生态系统物理和生物过程的数值建模工具”。第二年和第三年的讲习班将分别侧重于南极系统和MSE模型数值建模的方法和工具。讲习班的国际合作伙伴包括位于瓦尔迪维亚的智利南方大学高纬度海洋生态系统动态英才中心、孔塞普西翁大学、位于蓬塔阿雷纳斯的马加拉内斯大学，以及与高纬度海洋生态系统动态英才中心合作的上海交通大学海洋学研究所的中国教员。这些机构将提供该方案所需的住房、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）将可用于编写大学课程的专题讲座，并在一个专门网站上存档。长期计划是，研讨会将提供一个框架，用于开发数值循环和生态系统建模方面的正式课程，这些课程将作为美国海洋科学项目主要课程的一部分，智利、南美、中国等国际项目。每个研讨会将包括概述讲座，随后是实践培训。预期参加者将在讲习班结束后继续使用和发展其研究项目的模型。知识方面的优点：拟议讲习班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都很好地制定。讲习班将侧重于重要的科学问题，相关模型的开发将大大受益于国际合作环境，更广泛的影响：促进南极科学家之间的联系，发展一个具有强大的数值模拟技能和关注南大洋的国际科学界将是一个重要成果。美国在这个国际社会的领导地位将使美国教师和学生扩大他们的科学联系和潜在的国际合作者。

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.