Projects

MSU Award Number

361461-191001-021000

Current NGI File Number

20-NGI3-118

Associated MSU Award or NGI File Numbers

N/A

Start Date

10/1/2020

End Date

2022-9-30 0:0:0

Project Status

Active

Award Amount

$127,879.00

Project Title

Biogeochemical Modeling of the U.S. Gulf and East Coasts

PI Last Name

Gomez

PI First Name

Fabian

PI Affiliation

MSU

Co-PI Last Name

Moorhead

Co-PI First Name

Robert

Co-PI Affiliation

MSU

Research Theme

Climate Effects CE

Funding Source

OAR

Project Description

An ocean biogeochemical model is being configured to improve our understanding about potential large-scale climate drivers of shifts in plankton biomass and range for a suite of coastal pelagic species in the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic Bight. Researchers have configured a Modular Ocean Model – Tracers Of Phytoplankton with Allometric Zooplankton (MOM5-TOPAZ) model for the north Atlantic for the time period of 1958 to 2019 using a new atmospheric dataset for driving ocean-sea-ice models (JRA55-DO) as surface forcing. This test model has a one-quarter degree resolution, which is a necessary first step before increasing model resolution to 10 km. Model outputs are available in the Network Common Data Form (NetCDF) format on the NOAA OAR/AOML server.