Eco-modeling Workshop
July 2012
In July 2012, an Eco-modeling Workshop was held at the Mississippi State University Science and Technology Center at Stennis Space Center for researchers
from the Northern Gulf Institute, USACE Engineer Research and Development Center, and the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory.
The primary objectives of the workshop were to:
- Familiarize all three organizations with the capabilities and plans of the others;
- Begin planning a joint framework for proposals to NSF, NOAA, EPA, et al;
- Define respective contributions/partnering to the biotics modeling part of the Conceptual EEM.
Talking points from that meeting were:
- Boundary conditions are always an issue, especially at “blue water” and “brown water” interfaces
- Optics and remote sensing technologies can be expanded for sediment transport estimation/verification, tracking river plumes, and shoreline changes (including barrier islands)
- CASM/TroSim opportunities for collaboration include exchange of individual based models used in Chesapeake Bay and the Northern Gulf Coast. Potential for application with Galveston Bay will be explored and with other funding sources
- Social science applications are increasing, opportunities may exist for increased interactions with NGI and ERDC via the Flood and Coastal Storm Damage Reduction Program and related NGI efforts
- Expand test beds beyond hydrodynamics
Presentations are provided with links below:
- Ecosystem Modeling for the Northern Gulf of Mexico – William H. McAnally, Mississippi State University
- USACE ERDC Science and Technology Direction and Solutions – Beth Fleming, USACE ERDC CW Business Area Lead
- ERDC’s Coastal Storm-Modeling System and Adaptive Hydraulics – Cary Talbot, USACE ERDC Program Manager
- NRL Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem Modeling – Brad Penta, Naval Research Laboratory
- NGI TroSim: Trophic Simulation Model - Scott P. Milroy, USM Department of Marine Science TroSim BioInput Example | TroSim DailyProd Example
- Dynamic Coupling of Hydrodynamic and Ecological Models – Todd M. Swannack, USACE-ERDC
- Multiple Approaches to Coupling the Chesapeake Bay Eutrophication Model with Higher Trophic Levels – Carl F. Cerco, U.S. Army ERDC
Attendees:
- Ashby, Steve - MSU/NGI Co-director
- Harding, John - MSU/NGI Chief Scientist
- Fitzpatrick, Pat - MSU/NGI
- Lau, Yee - MSU/NGI
- Swenson, Erick - LSU/NGI
- Sable, Shaye - Dynamic Solutions
- Milroy, Scott - USM/NGI
- Van Cooten, Suzanne - NOAA/NWS/LMRFC
- Penta, Brad - NRL
- Gould, Rick - NRL
- Allee, Becky - NOAA/CSC
- Fleming, Beth - USACE/ERDC/EL Director
- Curtis, Bill - USACE/ERDC/CHL Technical Director
- Talbot, Cary - USACE/ERDC/CHL Program Manager
- Cerco, Carl - USACE/ERDC/EL
- Swannack, Todd - USACE/ERDC/EL
- Smith, David - USACE/ERDC/EL
- Deliman, Pat - USACE/ERDC/EL Technical Director
- Costanza, Katelyn - NOAA/NWS/LMRFC
- Graschel, Jeffrey - NOAA/NWS/LMRFC
- Nguyen, Tom - NOAA/NWS/LMRFC
- Tillis-Nash, Gina - NOAA/NWS/LMRFC
- Schlotzhauer, David - NOAA/NWS/LMRFC
- Landry, Katie - NOAA/NWS/LMRFC
- Sutley, David - NOAA/NWS/LMRFC
- Ritchie, Jay - MSU/NGI