PML Today's Models, tomorrow's futures (ecosystem models and observing systems)
Lead Research Organisation:
Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Department Name: UNLISTED
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Organisations
- Plymouth Marine Laboratory (Lead Research Organisation)
- NCAR National Center for Atmospheric Research (Collaboration)
- Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (Collaboration)
- Sun Yat-sen University (Collaboration)
- National Science Foundation (NSF) (Collaboration)
- University of Southern Denmark (Collaboration)
- Marine Scotland Science (MSS) (Collaboration)
- Desert Research Institute (Collaboration)
- INCT Energy and Environment (INCT-E&A) (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE (Collaboration)
- Dutch Research Council (Collaboration)
- Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres (Collaboration)
- CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE SCIENCE (Collaboration)
- NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE (Collaboration)
- University Libre Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles ULB) (Collaboration)
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (Collaboration)
- University of Otago (Collaboration)
- Laboratory of Climate Sciences and the Environment (LSCE) (Collaboration)
- Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) (Collaboration)
- Xi'an Jiaotong Liverpool University (Collaboration)
- Italian National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (OGS) (Collaboration)
- Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (Collaboration)
- Ruder Boskovic Institute (Collaboration)
- Utrecht University (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL (Collaboration)
- Scottish Association for Marine Science (Collaboration)
- Murdoch University (Collaboration)
- Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) (Collaboration)
- Lancaster University (Collaboration)
- University of Gothenburg (Collaboration)
- Global Ocean Acidification - Observing Network (GOA-ON) (Collaboration)
- UK CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY & HYDROLOGY (Collaboration)
- University of Miami (Collaboration)
- University of East Anglia (Collaboration)
- Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg (Collaboration)
- Meteorological Office UK (Collaboration)
- Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA) (Collaboration)
- Research Center of Patagonian Ecosystems (CIEP) (Collaboration)
- University of California, San Diego (UCSD) (Collaboration)
- BANGOR UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- Ca' Foscari University of Venice (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Collaboration)
People |
ORCID iD |
| Icarus Allen (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Dagnino A
(2008)
Development of an expert system for the integration of biomarker responses in mussels into an animal health index
in Biomarkers
Daines SJ
(2014)
Multiple environmental controls on phytoplankton growth strategies determine adaptive responses of the N : P ratio.
in Ecology letters
Dall'Olmo G
(2016)
Substantial energy input to the mesopelagic ecosystem from the seasonal mixed-layer pump.
in Nature geoscience
De Mora L
(2018)
BGC-val: a model- and grid-independent Python toolkit to evaluate marine biogeochemical models
in Geoscientific Model Development
De Mora L
(2016)
The assessment of a global marine ecosystem model on the basis of emergent properties and ecosystem function: a case study with ERSEM
in Geoscientific Model Development
De Mora L
(2013)
How should sparse marine in situ measurements be compared to a continuous model: an example
in Geoscientific Model Development
Ducklow H.W.
(2015)
Ecological controls on biogeochemical fluxes in the western Antarctic Peninsula studied with an inverse foodweb model
in Advances in Polar Science
Ducklow, HW
(2015)
Ecological controls on biogeochemical fluxes in the western Antarctic Peninsula studied with an inverse foodweb model
in ADVANCES IN POLAR SCIENCE
Edwards K
(2012)
Validation of the NEMO-ERSEM operational ecosystem model for the North West European Continental Shelf
in Ocean Science
Fernandes JA
(2013)
Modelling the effects of climate change on the distribution and production of marine fishes: accounting for trophic interactions in a dynamic bioclimate envelope model.
in Global change biology
Ferrini V
(2013)
Evidence of mass failure in the Hess Deep Rift from multi-resolutional bathymetry data
in Marine Geology
Findlay HS
(2013)
Tidal downwelling and implications for the carbon biogeochemistry of cold-water corals in relation to future ocean acidification and warming.
in Global change biology
Flynn K
(2015)
Acclimation, adaptation, traits and trade-offs in plankton functional type models: reconciling terminology for biology and modelling
in Journal of Plankton Research
Flynn KJ
(2015)
Ocean acidification with (de)eutrophication will alter future phytoplankton growth and succession.
in Proceedings. Biological sciences
Ford D
(2022)
A solution for autonomous, adaptive monitoring of coastal ocean ecosystems: Integrating ocean robots and operational forecasts
in Frontiers in Marine Science
Fowler A
(2022)
Validating and improving the uncertainty assumptions for the assimilation of ocean-colour-derived chlorophyll a into a marine biogeochemistry model of the Northwest European Shelf Seas
in Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
Friedrichs M
(2009)
Assessing the uncertainties of model estimates of primary productivity in the tropical Pacific Ocean
in Journal of Marine Systems
Gehlen M
(2015)
Building the capacity for forecasting marine biogeochemistry and ecosystems: recent advances and future developments
in Journal of Operational Oceanography
Glibert P
(2010)
Modeling of HABs and eutrophication: Status, advances, challenges
in Journal of Marine Systems
Glibert PM
(2014)
Vulnerability of coastal ecosystems to changes in harmful algal bloom distribution in response to climate change: projections based on model analysis.
in Global change biology
Groeneveld R
(2018)
Defining scenarios of future vectors of change in marine life and associated economic sectors
in Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
Hardman-Mountford N
(2008)
An objective methodology for the classification of ecological pattern into biomes and provinces for the pelagic ocean
in Remote Sensing of Environment
HARDMAN-MOUNTFORD N.
(2013)
Quantifying competing carbon pathways in mesoscale upwelling filaments off NW Africa
in 45th International Liege Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics
| Title | COP26 vlog - inside the Glasgow Conference of Parties |
| Description | I made this travel video log about my time in Glasgow at COP26. I attended COP26 in both the accredited (blue zoon) and public areas (green zone) representing Plymouth Marine Laboratory (#PML), United Kingdom Research and Innovation (#UKRI), and the UK Earth System Models project (#UKESM) to highlight the role of the ocean in climate, and how the ocean is impacted upon through climate change. I also talked about the role of Earth System Modelling in creating climate projections, and my work using ESMValTool to analyse CMIP6 data for the Sixth Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Assessment report (IPCC-AR6). |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | 154 views, shown at several meetings, workshops and shared widely. |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_-BAhzy8RE |
| Title | Cross currents - UKESM described through poetry |
| Description | Through the cross currents project, five PML scientist was paired with five poets from Plymouth University. After meeting and discussing the scientists work, the poet prepares a piece of creative writing on the same theme. |
| Type Of Art | Creative Writing |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Impact | We engaged the public, several local poets, and many members of creative writing clubs on the importance of climate change and the role of models. |
| URL | http://pml.ac.uk/Media_and_events/Events/PML_Events/Poetry_and_Marine_Science |
| Title | Earth System Music - Music generated from the United Kingdom Earth System Model |
| Description | A series of seven (As of March 2020) musical pieces published on Youtube with a video. The pieces were procedurally generated using data from the United Kingdom Earth System Model (UKESM1), specifically the data products submitted to CMIP6. |
| Type Of Art | Composition/Score |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Impact | These pieces were viewed over 1300 times (as of march 2020), which accounts for 19 hours viewing time. These pieces also resulted in a publication (currently in discussions phase) and an invitation to present these work at the sea change music festival in Dartington. |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL27v682n8E2Sla8U7jJph9w9M6nYln-W3 |
| Title | Earth System Music - Remastered |
| Description | A remastered version of the Earth System Music playlist. Remastered using high quality virtual instrument (VST) piano, mastered to a modern standard, and published on Spotify, Amazon Music and elsewhere. |
| Type Of Art | Composition/Score |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Impact | This allows the music to reach a wider audience and be experienced on other devices, such as a amazon alexa unit or google home. |
| URL | https://open.spotify.com/album/6mYAvRoRyEzBA8WcSD5EmQ |
| Title | Intro to Earth System Models and Climate Change - BBC Radio Devon Christmas lecture 2021 |
| Description | BBC Radio Devon asked me to do a Christmas lecture this year! What a privilege! It's not every day that you get the opportunity to bore the wider public with 14 minutes about earth system models, marine biology, CMIP6 and the IPCC. In the first part of the lecture, I talk about how models are made, what models look like, how models are joined together. In the second part, I talk about how we make models look realistic, how humans can impact the climate, how we forecast the future climate, and what we can do now. The original was broadcast on the 28th of December on BBC Radio Devon. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | The original lecture was broadcast between christmas 2021 and new years. I subsequently added an video to the audio and uploaded it. |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ew4pcrgdNE&t=2s&ab_channel=LeedeMora |
| Title | Portrait of a scientist - in "Around the Edge of COP" sketch book by Lucinda Rogers |
| Description | I was sketched by artist, Lucinda Rogers, at COP26. Lucinda Rogers works from life in the tradition of the artist as reporter. She immerses herself in an environment and records straight from eye to paper, which gives her drawings a particular spontaneity. Her work records the intimate details and broad views of the changing city she lives in, London, and others she is drawn to including New York and Marrakech. Alongside her own work she has had a prolific illustration career working regularly for the mainstream press and countless other publications and companies, often being sent out to draw on location as a reportage illustrator. |
| Type Of Art | Artwork |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | My portrait, and fellow PML scientist, Lauren Bierman, are the opening pages of the sketch book. |
| URL | https://lucindarogers.bigcartel.com/product/cop26-drawings-book |
| Title | The Sonification of the Western Channel Observatory |
| Description | This is a sonification of marine data from the L4 station, part of the Western Channel Observatory (WCO). |
| Type Of Art | Composition/Score |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | 110 views, shown at several meetings and workshops/. |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAvFlP2s5Vo |
| Title | UKRSM SST data was provided to Artist Michael Begg from omnempathy to be used in sonification music |
| Description | We provided UKRSM SST data to Artist Micheal Begg from omnempathy to be used in sonification music |
| Type Of Art | Composition/Score |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | This music was performed live at a COP26 scotland event with Napier University. |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cbUK8oAT2Q |
| Description | a) The ERSEM source code has been fully revised, documented and made publicly available under a GNU Lesser General Public License (http://www.shelfseasmodelling.org/Download-code-en ). b) A set of model bench marking scripts have been developed to facilitate the comparison of model outputs with data and are available with the standard ERSEM release. c) Provision of the carbonate chemistry, air sea gas exchange, benthic sub-model and validation methodologies to the marine biogeochemistry components of UKESM. d) The potential impacts of CO2 leaks resulting from carbon capture and storage on benthic ecosystems have been assessed. A key ability of PML is to rapidly deliver bespoke models that address questions on the marine environment at any scale. To achieve this, we build upon our in-house ecosystem model, ERSEM, which has been developed into a community modelling tool with over 190 registered users from all continents. ERSEM is a unified model for biogeochemical cycling and ecosystem structure; both aspects of the model are continuously developed through National Capability (NC) funding as well as specific research programmes (SSB, MERP). Model development targets new applications, as well as the long-term future of the model by the integrating state-of-the-art science, including fully resolved redox chemistry and new paradigms proposing prominent roles for mixotrophy and marine viruses. Recently, ERSEM has been rewritten in a flexible framework (FABM48) that allows the addition and removal of any number of species and processes (Fig. 7). This allows us to tailor model complexity to specific questions and facilitates research on biodiversity and invasive species. This flexibility is mirrored by our hydrodynamic models, which cover the smallest estuaries and lagoons (FVCOM) up to shelf seas and the world ocean (NEMO). Altogether, our modelling infrastructure enables us to address a wide range of questions ERSEM has been able to explore the pattern of phytoplankton succession at the WCO L4 site, disentangling the role of the pigment composition and stoichiometry of phytoplankton, and selective grazing by zooplankton. Coupled hydrodynamics-ERSEM simulations have been used to characterize the geographical habitat of fish species from their bioclimatic envelopes, to quantify prey available to fish, and to assess how these aspects will be affected by global change. ERSEM has been used to quantify the sequestration of CO2 on the northwest European continental shelf, highlighting the fact that biological processes dominate CO2 uptake. Vice versa, global change affects marine ecosystems. In a number of studies using ERSEM, the impact of global warming on society has been explored, predicting spatial shifts in fish production and an increased likelihood of harmful algal blooms. Studies with ERSEM have demonstrated how the impact of ocean acidification cascades through the system from primary and secondary producers through to gastropods. A key finding has been that the impact of ocean acidification is strongly dependent on interaction with other stressors associated with global change, notably temperature increases. Recent work has shown that FVCOM can accurately represent small structures such as wind turbines and their impact on circulation. |
| Exploitation Route | The current release of ERSEM v15.06 is being transitioned in the operation ocean forecast model of the NW European Shelf by the PML/UKMO as a part of the Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS). The CMEMS service provides operational 3 day forecast of nitrate and chlorophyll for the region. |
| Sectors | Environment |
| Description | Results have informed national and international policy development, industrial decision-making and operational commercial activities. The long term investment into model development, in particular the coupling of carbon dioxide chemistry with biological and 3D physical processes has enabled PML to quickly address several key issues that are crucial to the efficient and economic development of carbon capture and storage in the UK and further afield. In particular with the UK now developing commercial scale CCS the need for scientific support has been urgent. The model has enabled PML to successfully bid into the ETI Marine Monitoring and Verification (MMV) Project, predicated on designing and building an AUV based monitoring system to detect CO2 leakage in the marine environment as well as the Horizon 202o funded STEMM project, developing novel methods of monitoring. The model has been used to construct baselines of spatial and temporal variability of CO2 associated parameters (pH and pCO2) in the absence of sufficient observational data, which enable the development of monitoring strategies. Outputs from PML modelling have been used to provide advice to governments about pressures on fisheries under climate change, for example a Policy Note for the Government of Bangladesh. Outcomes from PML modelling have informed the Environmental Audit Committee Enquiry into the Environmental Impact of Microplastics and contributed to a UK Government POSTnote on Marine Microplastic Pollution. Outcomes from PML modelling have underpinned a formal response by Plymouth Marine Laboratory to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee enquiry on Ocean Acidification. PML supplied an expert witness, Dr Carol Turley who gave oral evidence to the committee on the 2nd March, 2017. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2016 |
| Sector | Environment |
| Impact Types | Policy & public services |
| Description | Marine Management Organisation |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | Consultation for the amendment of the Plymouth Sound dredging spoil disposal site. Used our modelling expertise to improve the quality of the work which was being used to determine a new disposal site location. |
| Description | Copernicus Marine environment monitoring service (CMEMS) |
| Amount | € 380,000 (EUR) |
| Organisation | Mercator Océan |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | France |
| Start | 04/2015 |
| End | 04/2018 |
| Description | EC FP7 Space program |
| Amount | € 380,000 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | European Project 283291 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Department | Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 01/2012 |
| End | 12/2014 |
| Description | EUROMARINE 2014 call |
| Amount | € 10,000 (EUR) |
| Organisation | EUROMARINE |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 04/2015 |
| End | 05/2016 |
| Description | SERVICE EVOLUTION OF THE COPERNICUS MARINE ENVIRONNEMENT MONITORING SERVICE |
| Amount | € 116,000 (EUR) |
| Organisation | Mercator Océan |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | France |
| Start | 03/2015 |
| End | 02/2017 |
| Description | UKESM Mullticentre national capability |
| Amount | £978,127 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2016 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Title | Biogeochemical ensemble methods within ensemble-NEMOVAR assimilation |
| Description | We developed biogeochemical model (ERSEM) ensembles on the North-West European Shelf (NWES). The ensembles are currently based on ERSEM parameter perturbations, perturbed atmospheric forcing and observation perturbations, with some additional perturbations under development. We have implemented biogeochemical variables into an existing ensemble-NEMOVAR assimilation system. The ensemble-NEMOVAR system has now the capability to assimilate simultaneously both physics and biogeochemistry data and has been validated for temperature-salinity-(ocean color)chlorophyll assimilation on the NWES. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Improved reanalyses on the NWES, and capability to deliver uncertainty products for NWES physics and biogeochemistry variables. |
| Title | Capability to effectively assimilate phytoplankton functional types in NEMOVAR |
| Description | Balancing scheme enabling us to update biomass of phytoplankton functional types (PFTs) either using total chlorophyll assimilation or, PFT chlorophyll assimilation. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Operational reanalyses of PFTs for the North-West European Shelf (NWES) produced by the Met Office for CMEMS and range of other stakeholders. It also supports operational forecasts for NWES biogeochemsitry run at the Met Office. |
| Title | Multi-platform data assimilation on the North-West European Shelf |
| Description | We developed and validated a method to consistently assimilate glider biogeochemical data into NEMO-FABM-ERSEM model on the NWE Shelf. This method was subsequently extended to multi-platform (glider-satellite) data assimilation. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | The plan is to use this method in a future operational system on NWE Shelf in order to assimilate multi-platform biogeochemical data. The results of this work will be available to the wide scientific community through a scientific publication (the relevant paper is currently submitted to journals). |
| Title | PML gitlab server |
| Description | We set up a gitlab server to help share the model source code and other code between ourselves. We have also added outwards facing components to the server, which allow further collaboration between external scientists. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2014 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This server has allowed other scientists to access and run the ERSEM model. Over 180 scientists have created accounts on this server, allowing the model and other code to be easily disseminated in the community. |
| URL | https://gitlab.ecosystem-modelling.pml.ac.uk |
| Title | UKESM analysis toolkit |
| Description | A toolkit of analysis techniques has been shared with collaborating scientists in the Met Office and Reading University. This analysis code forms the basis of the validation tools for the UK Earth System Model (UKESM)'s biogeochemical ocean component (MEDUSA). |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2014 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This toolkit is envisaged to assist with the model development and validation of the UKESM model. The results of the UKESM model runs will be submitted WCRP CMIP6. |
| URL | https://gitlab.ecosystem-modelling.pml.ac.uk/ledm/ukesm-validation |
| Title | 3D configuration for NEMO-FABM-ERSEM using stand-alone optical module |
| Description | 3D NEMO-FABM-ERSEM model configuration for the AMM7 domain (North West European Shelf) using novel spectrally resolved stand-alone optical module. The optical module uses atmospheric fields (eg ozone, clouds, water vapour) to calculate both spectra and direction (diffuse or direct) of the incoming light into the water column. This information is crucial to improve how the model represents primary production and consequently ecosystem dynamics. The 3D configuration will be used to assimilate optical data (phytoplankton functional type absorption) into the NEMO-FABM-ERSEM model. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Will be used to better simulate ecosystem dynamics on the North-West European (NWE) Shelf. This development will eventually contribute to reanalysis of the ecosystem state on the NWE Shelf. |
| Title | CO2 air-sea gas parameterisation |
| Description | 2 simulations of the North-Western European Shelf with POLCOMS-ERSEM has been completed for the period 2008-2010 with different parameterisation of the air-sea fluxes of CO2 (Nightingale and COARE). daily and monthly spatially resolved values of air-sea flux of CO2 are available, together with many more variables of the model |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | the comparison of the two parameterisation show a clear impact on the annual mean estimates of air-sea fluxes of CO2 up to 10% this information has been passed to the UK-Earth System Model consortium and they are planning to change the parameterisation of next UK-ESM |
| Title | Costruire: Correlation Matrix of ERSEM Ensemble for data assimilation |
| Description | This dataset formed part of the Costruire project. We produced a correlation Matrix of an 100 member ERSEM Ensemble model run in the AMM domain. The correlation matrix will be used as a tool in Ecosystem model development and data assimilation work. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | The correlation matrix dataset is used by the MO for data assimilation. |
| Title | DMS model formulation re-coded in the FABM-ERSEM framework |
| Description | Model formulation describing DMSP and DMS dynamics (Polimene et al., 2012) have been re-coded in the FABM-ERSEM modelling framework. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | The DMS(P) model developed at PML (Polimene et al., 2012) is now merged into the latest version of FABM-ERSEM developed in the framework of the Shelf Sea Biogeochemistry (SSB) program . The new FABM-ERSEM has increased modularity allowing a more versatile use of the model. The model code is now usable by the whole ERSEM community, within SSB and beyond. This version of the model will be used as developing platform in the project:' A multidisciplinary study of DMSP production and lysis - from enzymes to organisms to process modelling'. |
| Title | Data Assimilation of Phytoplankton size-class chlorophyll |
| Description | We upgraded existing Data Assimilation system used at Met Office (NEMOVAR) to be able to assimilate phytoplankton size-class chlorophyll into ERSEM model. The system was tested using NEMO-ERSEM and is potentially planned to be in the future operationally used by Met Office. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Enables future researchers to assimilate phytoplankton functional types into ERSEM. This leads to substantial improvement in the representation of community structure at the North-West European Shelf and substantially improves the model forecasting skill. It is potentially planned to be used for operational forecasting at the Met Office. This Data Assimilation tool tends to substantially improve also some other variables of major importance such as CO2 partial pressure. |
| Title | Data assimilation system for ESA CCI satellite products |
| Description | a data assimilation system for marine ecosystem models (POLCOMS-ERSEM coupled to Ensemble Kalman filter) has been enhanced and adapted to assimilate the last generation of ocean colour products (ESA OC-CCI). |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | The enhancement of the data assimilation systems allows to extend in space and time the reanalysis of shelf-sea biogeochemistry. This leads to a potential improvement in the estimation and prediction of ecosystem indicators that are relevant for marine ecosystem management and climate change studies. |
| Title | Development of the published benthic ERSEM model to account for ecosytem and chemical responses due to changes in dissolved inorganic carbon |
| Description | Development of a model to investigate biological and chemical changes in response to changes in CO2. This model was used as the basis for the RISCS D4.9 deliverable. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | has allowed the investigation of the impacts of high C02 leaks from carbon capture and storage on benthic fauna |
| Title | FVCOM implementations |
| Description | Implementation of FVCOM in the UK wide shelf (3D barotropic) as well as regional domains for the EMEC site (Scotland), the Wavehub site (Cornwall) for NERC grant FLOWBEC (full 3D baroclinic), and the Irish Sea for UKERC phase II project (3D barotropic). Implementation of FVCOM (full 3D baroclinic) in the Nadoor Lagoon for EU project MEDINA., Implementation of FVCOM in the UK wide shelf (3D barotropic) as well as regional domains for the EMEC site (Scotland), the Wavehub site (Cornwall) for NERC grant FLOWBEC (full 3D baroclinic), and the Irish Sea for UKERC phase II project (3D barotropic). Implementation of FVCOM (full 3D baroclinic) in the Nadoor Lagoon for EU project MEDINA. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2013 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | x |
| Title | FVCOM model outputs for microplastics |
| Description | FVCOM hydrodynamic model output. Used to guide fieldwork sampling campaigns for effective use of expensive fieldwork resources. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | The fieldwork is ongoing. |
| Title | FVCOM model outputs for the UK shelf |
| Description | FVCOM hydrodynamic model output supplied to MERP research programme. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2013 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Paper published using this data. Fieldwork campaigns informed by the outcomes of the model outputs. |
| Title | FVCOM-ERSEM implementation in the Tamar estuary and coastal areas |
| Description | We have implemented a realistic setup of the hydrodynamic model FVCOM and the sediment transport model CSTM. We have initiated the process of validating the model results. We aim to make this implementation operational during the coming year. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The model is capable of simulating the dispersion of passive contaminants and could be used to evaluate the risks posed to the water quality of bathing waters associated to outfall or storm effluents. We have used the model to predict where micro plastics are likely to accumulate in the Plymouth area. This enabled the collection of micro plastic water samples. The model has also been used to evaluate tidal energy resources in the area in support of a community backed renewable energy project. |
| Title | Fish abundance and catch data for the Northwest European Shelf and Mediterranean Sea from 2006 to 2098 derived from climate projections |
| Description | The dataset contains model projections of fish catch and abundance in European seas out to 2098 produced using the Size Spectra - Dynamic Bioclimate Envelope Model (SS-DBEM). The SS-DBEM is a mechanistic model, which means that it takes into account aspects of ecology (e.g. habitat preference, migration) and physiology (e.g. growth and reproduction) to determine biomass and distribution of fish species in response to changes in the environment (e.g. temperature, competition with other species, food availability). The SS-DBEM projects the impact of changes in the environment (e.g. warming, deoxygenation) and human activity (fishing pressure) on the abundance and biomass of modelled species. All this makes it a state of the art model in regard to projecting fish distribution and trends in both abundance and catch in response to climate change. Model outputs consist of fish abundance (number of fish per grid cell) and fish catch (number of fish caught per grid cell) considering three different fishing activity scenarios, termed the Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY). Whilst the model units are expressed as "Number of individuals", they are not to be used to predict actual future stocks but rather numbers relative to the initial starting values of the model. This is because the model was not intialised with actual fish numbers and subsequently the significance of this dataset is to show temporal and geographical trends, relative to other years and other grid points, in response to changes in the climate and the applied Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY). In order to assess the impact of climate change, simulations under two future climate scenarios based on different Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP) for future greenhouse gas concentrations are conducted: the intermediate scenario, RCP4.5, in which greenhouse gas concentrations peak around 2040 before declining mainly due to successful mitigation measures in place; and the more pessimistic scenario, RCP8.5, where greenhouse gas concentrations continue to rise throughout the century. Fishing activity was defined according to the MSY under these environmental conditions. The combination of MSY and RCP scenarios included in this dataset are: Global sustainability: RCP4.5 with a MSY of 0.6 (fish stock is managed globally toward sustainability) World Markets: RCP8.5 with a MSY of 0.8 (fish stock is managed globally to avoid overfishing) National Enterprise: RCP8.5 with a MSY of 1.1 (fish stocks are managed at the national level resulting in overfishing) The simulations were run using inputs from two marine hydrodynamic-biogeochemical models: the POLCOM-ERSEM and NEMO-ERSEM models. These models were driven by one Coupled Model Inter-comparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5) global climate model (GCM) projections with downscaled atmospheric data from a regional climate model (RCM), the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) Rossby Centre Regional Atmospheric Model (RCA4). Using only one of the many possible combinations of GCM-RCM pairs leads to an incomplete estimate of the true uncertainty in the outcome in a changing climate by, most likely, indicating a smaller spread of outcomes than if the estimate were based on a larger ensemble of such GCM-RCM combinations. This does not necessarily mean a reduction in the true uncertainty, but simply an incomplete estimate of it. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | N/A |
| URL | https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/doi/10.24381/cds.39c97304 |
| Title | Fish in FABM-ERSEM |
| Description | Ongoing development to add a generic fish compartment in FABM-ERSEM |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | None yet. |
| Title | Formulation of carbonate chemistry dynamics in ERSEM benthic model |
| Description | Three-layer ERSEM benthic model (the so-called Oldenburg model) was extended to account for pelagic-benthic fluxes of alkalinity and, subsequently to allow calculation of pH in sediment pore waters. Additionally, simple parameterisation of calcification by zoobenthos was implemented. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Extending ERSEM model to allow calculation of benthic carbonate chemistry is important for research of impacts of pH changes on benthic organisms in the context of ocean acidification and potential leakage from CCS sites. |
| Title | Future Projection of North Atlantic ecosystem |
| Description | Future changes of the lower trophic level of the North Atlantic ecosystem projected for the years 1971-2099 under climate change scenario AR5 RCP8.5. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2014 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Ecosystem assessment of climate change impacts on the marine ecosystem from biogeochemistry to fishes and ecosystem services. |
| Title | Gulf of Guinea hydrodynamic-ecosystem model outputs |
| Description | Projections of environmental conditions in the Gulf of Guinea, 1970-2099, created using a coupled hydrodynamic-ecosystem model, POLCOMS-ERSEM driven by three regionally-downscaled models from the CMIP5 set (CanESM2, CNRM-CM5 and HadGEM2-ES). Model outputs include temperature, salinity, current speeds, sea surface elevation, nutrients, plankton and bacterial biomass, primary production and pH. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The model outputs will be useful to researchers studying the impacts of climate change, including sea level rise, in this densely populated area. Examples include work on fisheries management and flood risk. |
| Title | Hindcast and projections for the North East Atlantic, North Sea and Mediterranean |
| Description | Physical and hydrodynamic outputs from a POLCOMS-ERSEM model for European regional seas, 1970-2099 using climate model MPI-ESM-LR for RCPs 4.5 and 8.5. The outputs include temperature, salinity, current speeds, sea surface elevation, nutrients, plankton and bacterial biomass, primary production and pH. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Outputs are being used by researchers in several European countries to investigate the impact of climate change on future fish catch and aquaculture production. |
| Title | Hindcast for the North Atlantic marine ecosystem |
| Description | Important ecosystem indicators for the lower trophic level of the North Atlantic ecosystem, |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2014 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Data distributed to other research groups to assess current status of marine ecosystem from biogeochemistry to fishes and ecosystem services. |
| Title | Hindcast of the AMM domain |
| Description | A 37 years simulation of the North Western European Shelf with the NEMO-ERSEM model has been completed. Data are being analysed for recent trends in Ocean Acidification and air-sea fluxes of CO2 |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2014 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | this database will enable to investigate how local processes occurring on the shelf and coastal environment can interfere with the global trend of OA |
| Title | Implementation of CO2 chemistry in FVCOM |
| Description | We have developed fortran code to simulate the behaviour of a CO2 leak from a CCS operation and its impacts on the environment through CO2 de-gassing and through changes in the ambient PH. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2012 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Model simulations have informed regulators of the potential scale of CCS related CO2 leaks and of the monitoring requirements. |
| Title | Marine environment climate change projections for Southeast Asian seas |
| Description | Projections of physical and biogeochemical conditions in Southeast Asian seas, 1980-2098, RCP4.5 and RCP8.5, derived from climate models. For more details see BlueCommunities_2d.dataset_description.pdf |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This dataset has enabled (1) production of projections of change in fish species in Southeast Asian seas due to climate change and fishing pressure (doi:10.5281/zenodo.4281146) (2)a study of the impact of seawater temperature on coral reefs in the context of climate change for Cu Lao Cham - Hoi An Biosphere Reserve (doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.704682). Further studies are in preparation. |
| URL | https://zenodo.org/record/4775853 |
| Title | Model of benthic sensitivity to high CO2 |
| Description | Marine systems may experience high levels of CO2 either as a result of Ocean Acidification or via leakage from geologically stored CO2. Ongoing research under both the OA and CCS research streams have allowed us to develop a prototype model that describes the response of both tolerant and sensitive benthic fauna as well as the recovery potential. The model is conceived as a sub-model of the ERSEM marine system model and is therefore able to place impacts in the context of resource levels, resource competition and predator - prey interactions. The model is currently being used to investigate CCS leakage scenarios and will shortly be applied to climate change / OA runs. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | The model has yet to be published but is contributing to reports relating to best practices for CCS, currently in preparation |
| Title | Model simulating cyanobacteria growth dynamics in a chemostat |
| Description | The primary producers module of the European Regional Seas Ecosystem Model has been adapted to simulate growth dynamics of cyanobacteria in a chemostat. The model is meant to reproduce different cellular physiological conditions (e.g. nutrient and light limitation) and to relate them to the mortality rate induced by viral infection |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | The model will be used to develop a robust (experimentally based) formulation describing the effect of the host nutritional status on viral infection. |
| Title | Modular version or ERSEM (FABM-ERSEM) |
| Description | A new, modular version of the European Regional Seas Ecosystem Model (ERSEM) has been implemented in the Framework for Aquatic Biogeochemical Models (FABM). This model allow plug-and-play combination of different biological modules, thus supporting a hierarchy of models of different complexity. The new model will serve as the basis for future model development at PML, supporting among others the Shelf Seas Biogeochemistry (SSB) program and Marine Ecosystem Research Program (MERP). |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2014 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The work is central in ongoing collaboration with the Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), and has led to PML being invited to participate in a proposal targeting coupled hydrodynamic-biogeochemical modelling of the Iranian Lake Urmia. |
| URL | https://gitlab.ecosystem-modelling.pml.ac.uk/jbr/fabm-ersem |
| Title | N-osmolyte model developments |
| Description | Model formulation describing N-osmolyte dynamic was modified by assuming a positive feedback of these metabolites on growth and fitness of dinoflagellates under nutrient stress condition. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The new model improved the simulations of N-osmolytes and phytoplankton types succession in the transition between spring and summer. The combined analysis of data and model simulations allowed to put forward a new hypothesis on the physiological role of N-osmolytes in phytoplankton |
| URL | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4288840 |
| Title | NEMOVAR capacity to assimilate PFT absorption for different wavelengths |
| Description | Extension of the observation operator and balancing code to handle 24 (6 wavelengths times 4 Phytoplankton Functional Types) new variables. The code translates PFT absorption increments into increments of the PFT components (ERSEM state variables) based on background ratios. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | 2016 1 year reanalyses for PFT absorption and biogeochemistry on the NWE Shelf. |
| Title | Neural network model to predict dissolved oxygen |
| Description | Machine learning model to predict oxygen across the water-column from the observed data. It is to be uploaded soon on the GitHub repository and will be publicly available. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | It supported a recent publication and will be available to use for observational scientists, as well as available for potential applications in aquaculture. |
| Title | New model formulation describing Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC) degradation time scales |
| Description | This formulation describes the continuum spectrum of degradation scales associated to marine DOC by considering a single DOC state variable and an associated degradation function. The degradation function is assumed to be dependent on DOC production and bacterial degradation |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | This formulation is meant to provide a computationally effective tool to implement DOC in large-scale marine ecosystem and climate models. A manuscript describing the new model has been submitted to National Science Review |
| Title | OD and 1D ERSEM test configurations |
| Description | Test configurations of model for the water column and box-model for various sites. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2014 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Model distribution to beginner users. |
| URL | http://www.shelfseasmodelling.org |
| Title | POLCOMS-ERSEM implemenations for European Regional Seas |
| Description | Implementation of POLCOMS-ERSEM models in the European Regional Seas: Mediterranean, UK shelf seas, North Sea, Baltic, laong with forcing datasets for the present day and two future scenarios. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Model outputs are enabling work under the Framework 7 project "Vectors of Change in Oceans and Seas Marine Life, Impact on Economic Sectors". For example, this work includes investigation of future spread of invasive species in the Mediterranean and a new approach to spatial planning in the North Sea. |
| Title | Parameterization of zoobenthic response to low pH in ERSEM benthic model |
| Description | Zoobenthic functional groups of suspension-feeders and deposit-feeders were divided into tolerant and sensitive sub-groups according to their uptake response to stress induced by low pH. These responses summarize variable strategies implemented by zoobenthos and reported in the recent literature. Each subgroup exerts three stages of response to low pH: decreased uptake due to pH stress, shutting-down (no uptake) and increased morality rates at extremely low pH. Tolerant group remains more active at lower pH compared to sensitive one. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | This work allows for simulation of responses in zoobenthic activity to low pH in the context of ocean acidification or potential leakage of carbon dioxide from CCS sites. Formulation of responses was implemented in consultation with experimental scientists and thus fosters collaboration between modelling and experimental scientific communities. Furthermore, there is a potential to extend current formulation for more general research of zoobenthic reaction to environmental stress. |
| Title | Projections for physical and biogeochemical conditions in the Bay of Bengal to 2098, using 3 CMIP5 climate models |
| Description | Outputs from a coupled hydrodynamic-ecosystem model driven by three regionally-downscaled models from the CMIP5 set (CMRM-CM5, GFDL-CM3, HadGEM2-ES). The outputs include temperature, salinity, current speeds, sea surface elevation, nutrients, plankton and bacterial biomass, primary production and pH. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The model outputs will be useful to researchers studying the impacts of climate change, including sea level rise, in this densely populated area. Examples include work on fisheries management and flood risk. |
| Title | Simulation of the sysonal cycle of N-osmolytes in the Western English Channel (L4 station) and comparison with observations |
| Description | Model simulation describing N-osmolytes in the Western English Channel. The simulation includes the year 2016 in which observational data were available for comparison |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | This is the first N-osmolyte simulation carried out with a complex marine ecosystem model (ERSEM). The analysis of the simulation and the comparison with the data allowed a mechanistic interpretation of the dynamics underpinning N-osmolyte seasonality. A manuscript is in preparation. |
| Title | Vertically Structure Benthic Model |
| Description | An explicitly described vertically discretised benthic model has been developed to better resolve chemical gradients and biological response. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | A model based on a more explicit representation of the benthic ecosystem has been developed. Providing an improved ability to explicitly represent processes, compare to observations and resolve sediment chemical gradients this model provides the basis for a number of upcoming studies (as part of MERP, SSB) and is freely available upon request from the author or as a git-repository. |
| Title | Zooplankton traits |
| Description | Collection of data regarding traits of zooplankton to later develop a trait based approach for expanding representation of zooplankton in FABM-ERSEM in order to improve diversity and representation of key functions. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Improved communication and linkage with the experimentalist community. |
| Title | timeslices climate simulation for Cbudgets |
| Description | the Polcoms-ERSEM model system has been run on the North Western European shelf domain under climate change and ocean acidification scenario |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Outcomes of this database will be soon used to assess how the C export from the Shelf to the deep oceanic environment and this information passed to a socio-economist group to calculate the changes in the valuation of ecosystem services linked to the C export. |
| Description | Bangor University |
| Organisation | Bangor University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Model results generated by me have been analysed by James Waggit at Bangor to help interpret the behaviour of seabirds. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Paper manuscripts. |
| Impact | Two peer-reviewed papers so far with a third in the works. Multiple conference presentations. |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | Collaboration with Akvaplan-NIVA on modelling tools and FVCOM modelling approaches |
| Organisation | Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA) |
| Country | Norway |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The FVCOM modelling group in PML has been collaborating with the Akvaplan-NIVA branch of NIVA since 2017. In this period we have developped modelling tools (fvcom matlab toolbox and PyFVCOM python toolbox) that are routinely used by their group, and fortran code (fate modelling code of antiparasitic substances used in salmon fishfarms, additional advection schemes) to enhance the capabilities of FVCOM modelling suite. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Akvaplan-NIVA have made improvements to FVCOM code related to how rivers are handled and a more accurate advection scheme which we have used in our coupled hydrodynamic-ecosystem FVCOM simulations. Both institutions have co-developed a simple organic matter transport code to track riverine and coastal erosion of permafrost. |
| Impact | FVCOM model domain and setup for the Hardangerfjorden in Norway. One year simulation of the Hardangerfjorden hydrodynamics and the fate of organic matter and antiparastic substances resulting from the operation of 5 fish farms in the central section of the fjord. Two year simulation of fate and transport of organic matter derived from siberian permafrost in the Latvev sea/Lena delta system. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Collaboration with CSIC-Vigo |
| Organisation | Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) |
| Department | Institute of Marine Sciences |
| Country | Spain |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | I have been collaborating with the Instituto de Ciencias Marinas in Vigo since 2006. We have shared instrumentation, collaborated on national projects and published results together. I have contributed with instrumentation for observational studies in the Ria de Vigo as well as in the Canary islands. I have analysed results collected from those instrumentations. I have setup a model domain of the Ria de Vigo to simulation tidal currents. |
| Collaborator Contribution | CSIC-Vigo has contributed with observations in the Ria de Vigo for model validation and model setup (atmospheric and river flux observations and detailed bathymetry, current meter records). |
| Impact | FVCOM model domain and setup for the Ria de Vigo Long-term ADCP current meter data observations and tidal harmonics analysis in the Ria de Vigo. |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | Coupled pelagic-benthic models: Challenges and current knowledge gaps |
| Organisation | Ca' Foscari University of Venice |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Following the EUROMARINE funded workshop in May 2015, a network among the participant is established to follow-up the discussion with idea for future collaborative projects. |
| Collaborator Contribution | NIOZ, University of Venice and OGS have contributed in the preparation of the meeting. All partners attended the meeting and are contributing to the paper NIOZ, OGS and GEOMAR are co-chairing the EGU session |
| Impact | A discussion paper is being prepared and a joint session at next EGU AGM will be held to disseminate the outputs. A poster has been presented at last EUROMARINE AGM This is a multidisciplinary network involving marine ecosystem modellers, biogeochemists, biologists and ecologists |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Coupled pelagic-benthic models: Challenges and current knowledge gaps |
| Organisation | Dutch Research Council |
| Department | Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Following the EUROMARINE funded workshop in May 2015, a network among the participant is established to follow-up the discussion with idea for future collaborative projects. |
| Collaborator Contribution | NIOZ, University of Venice and OGS have contributed in the preparation of the meeting. All partners attended the meeting and are contributing to the paper NIOZ, OGS and GEOMAR are co-chairing the EGU session |
| Impact | A discussion paper is being prepared and a joint session at next EGU AGM will be held to disseminate the outputs. A poster has been presented at last EUROMARINE AGM This is a multidisciplinary network involving marine ecosystem modellers, biogeochemists, biologists and ecologists |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Coupled pelagic-benthic models: Challenges and current knowledge gaps |
| Organisation | Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres |
| Department | Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Following the EUROMARINE funded workshop in May 2015, a network among the participant is established to follow-up the discussion with idea for future collaborative projects. |
| Collaborator Contribution | NIOZ, University of Venice and OGS have contributed in the preparation of the meeting. All partners attended the meeting and are contributing to the paper NIOZ, OGS and GEOMAR are co-chairing the EGU session |
| Impact | A discussion paper is being prepared and a joint session at next EGU AGM will be held to disseminate the outputs. A poster has been presented at last EUROMARINE AGM This is a multidisciplinary network involving marine ecosystem modellers, biogeochemists, biologists and ecologists |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Coupled pelagic-benthic models: Challenges and current knowledge gaps |
| Organisation | Italian National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (OGS) |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Following the EUROMARINE funded workshop in May 2015, a network among the participant is established to follow-up the discussion with idea for future collaborative projects. |
| Collaborator Contribution | NIOZ, University of Venice and OGS have contributed in the preparation of the meeting. All partners attended the meeting and are contributing to the paper NIOZ, OGS and GEOMAR are co-chairing the EGU session |
| Impact | A discussion paper is being prepared and a joint session at next EGU AGM will be held to disseminate the outputs. A poster has been presented at last EUROMARINE AGM This is a multidisciplinary network involving marine ecosystem modellers, biogeochemists, biologists and ecologists |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Coupled pelagic-benthic models: Challenges and current knowledge gaps |
| Organisation | Laboratory of Climate Sciences and the Environment (LSCE) |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Following the EUROMARINE funded workshop in May 2015, a network among the participant is established to follow-up the discussion with idea for future collaborative projects. |
| Collaborator Contribution | NIOZ, University of Venice and OGS have contributed in the preparation of the meeting. All partners attended the meeting and are contributing to the paper NIOZ, OGS and GEOMAR are co-chairing the EGU session |
| Impact | A discussion paper is being prepared and a joint session at next EGU AGM will be held to disseminate the outputs. A poster has been presented at last EUROMARINE AGM This is a multidisciplinary network involving marine ecosystem modellers, biogeochemists, biologists and ecologists |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Coupled pelagic-benthic models: Challenges and current knowledge gaps |
| Organisation | Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA) |
| Country | Norway |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Following the EUROMARINE funded workshop in May 2015, a network among the participant is established to follow-up the discussion with idea for future collaborative projects. |
| Collaborator Contribution | NIOZ, University of Venice and OGS have contributed in the preparation of the meeting. All partners attended the meeting and are contributing to the paper NIOZ, OGS and GEOMAR are co-chairing the EGU session |
| Impact | A discussion paper is being prepared and a joint session at next EGU AGM will be held to disseminate the outputs. A poster has been presented at last EUROMARINE AGM This is a multidisciplinary network involving marine ecosystem modellers, biogeochemists, biologists and ecologists |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Coupled pelagic-benthic models: Challenges and current knowledge gaps |
| Organisation | Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute |
| Country | Sweden |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Following the EUROMARINE funded workshop in May 2015, a network among the participant is established to follow-up the discussion with idea for future collaborative projects. |
| Collaborator Contribution | NIOZ, University of Venice and OGS have contributed in the preparation of the meeting. All partners attended the meeting and are contributing to the paper NIOZ, OGS and GEOMAR are co-chairing the EGU session |
| Impact | A discussion paper is being prepared and a joint session at next EGU AGM will be held to disseminate the outputs. A poster has been presented at last EUROMARINE AGM This is a multidisciplinary network involving marine ecosystem modellers, biogeochemists, biologists and ecologists |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Coupled pelagic-benthic models: Challenges and current knowledge gaps |
| Organisation | University Libre Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles ULB) |
| Country | Belgium |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Following the EUROMARINE funded workshop in May 2015, a network among the participant is established to follow-up the discussion with idea for future collaborative projects. |
| Collaborator Contribution | NIOZ, University of Venice and OGS have contributed in the preparation of the meeting. All partners attended the meeting and are contributing to the paper NIOZ, OGS and GEOMAR are co-chairing the EGU session |
| Impact | A discussion paper is being prepared and a joint session at next EGU AGM will be held to disseminate the outputs. A poster has been presented at last EUROMARINE AGM This is a multidisciplinary network involving marine ecosystem modellers, biogeochemists, biologists and ecologists |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Coupled pelagic-benthic models: Challenges and current knowledge gaps |
| Organisation | University of Southern Denmark |
| Country | Denmark |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Following the EUROMARINE funded workshop in May 2015, a network among the participant is established to follow-up the discussion with idea for future collaborative projects. |
| Collaborator Contribution | NIOZ, University of Venice and OGS have contributed in the preparation of the meeting. All partners attended the meeting and are contributing to the paper NIOZ, OGS and GEOMAR are co-chairing the EGU session |
| Impact | A discussion paper is being prepared and a joint session at next EGU AGM will be held to disseminate the outputs. A poster has been presented at last EUROMARINE AGM This is a multidisciplinary network involving marine ecosystem modellers, biogeochemists, biologists and ecologists |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Coupled pelagic-benthic models: Challenges and current knowledge gaps |
| Organisation | Utrecht University |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Following the EUROMARINE funded workshop in May 2015, a network among the participant is established to follow-up the discussion with idea for future collaborative projects. |
| Collaborator Contribution | NIOZ, University of Venice and OGS have contributed in the preparation of the meeting. All partners attended the meeting and are contributing to the paper NIOZ, OGS and GEOMAR are co-chairing the EGU session |
| Impact | A discussion paper is being prepared and a joint session at next EGU AGM will be held to disseminate the outputs. A poster has been presented at last EUROMARINE AGM This is a multidisciplinary network involving marine ecosystem modellers, biogeochemists, biologists and ecologists |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Development of NCAR earth system model (ocean biology component) |
| Organisation | NCAR National Center for Atmospheric Research |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Design of an additional group (zooplankton) for the NCAR earth system model. Analysis of model simulation looking at new food web dynamic, impact on carbon cycle (primary production and export) resulting from the added zooplankton. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Access to NCAR super computer and high resolution model runs for oligotrophic gyres to look at impact in gradient of nutrient on the food web structure. |
| Impact | 2 week visit to NCAR (co-funded by NCAR) to overview the new group implementation and start writing a scientific report on the result as well as discuss further collaboration and possible funding. |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | Establishment of UK FVCOM interest group |
| Organisation | Lancaster University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We have set up a UK FVCOM interest group that includes representatives from SAMS, NOCL and Marine Scotland. We held our first meeting at PML in September 2012. Since then, we have setup a wiki and SVN repository for sharing common tools related to FVCOM and model implementations to foster collaborations and enhance our understanding of the model's capabilities. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners have contributed with intellectual inputs and shared experiences. |
| Impact | The partnership is mostly focused on the use of FVCOM and associated models (wave, sediment and ecosystem models) and provides a platform for exchange of ideas and experiences. As such, this is a multidisciplinary collaboration involving physical oceanography, ecology and ecosystem modelling and numerical methods. We have produced a Wiki (web based how-to manual) where the partners exchange their experiences and solutions to common problems in detail. Improvements to the code and/or analysis tools are also documented here. We also host an SVN repository (version control software) of the FVCOM code together with each partner's updates to the code. The exchange of information has enabled a more robust and consistent approach to implementations of FVCOM in different regions of the UK. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Establishment of UK FVCOM interest group |
| Organisation | Marine Scotland Science (MSS) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | We have set up a UK FVCOM interest group that includes representatives from SAMS, NOCL and Marine Scotland. We held our first meeting at PML in September 2012. Since then, we have setup a wiki and SVN repository for sharing common tools related to FVCOM and model implementations to foster collaborations and enhance our understanding of the model's capabilities. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners have contributed with intellectual inputs and shared experiences. |
| Impact | The partnership is mostly focused on the use of FVCOM and associated models (wave, sediment and ecosystem models) and provides a platform for exchange of ideas and experiences. As such, this is a multidisciplinary collaboration involving physical oceanography, ecology and ecosystem modelling and numerical methods. We have produced a Wiki (web based how-to manual) where the partners exchange their experiences and solutions to common problems in detail. Improvements to the code and/or analysis tools are also documented here. We also host an SVN repository (version control software) of the FVCOM code together with each partner's updates to the code. The exchange of information has enabled a more robust and consistent approach to implementations of FVCOM in different regions of the UK. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Establishment of UK FVCOM interest group |
| Organisation | National Oceanography Centre |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We have set up a UK FVCOM interest group that includes representatives from SAMS, NOCL and Marine Scotland. We held our first meeting at PML in September 2012. Since then, we have setup a wiki and SVN repository for sharing common tools related to FVCOM and model implementations to foster collaborations and enhance our understanding of the model's capabilities. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners have contributed with intellectual inputs and shared experiences. |
| Impact | The partnership is mostly focused on the use of FVCOM and associated models (wave, sediment and ecosystem models) and provides a platform for exchange of ideas and experiences. As such, this is a multidisciplinary collaboration involving physical oceanography, ecology and ecosystem modelling and numerical methods. We have produced a Wiki (web based how-to manual) where the partners exchange their experiences and solutions to common problems in detail. Improvements to the code and/or analysis tools are also documented here. We also host an SVN repository (version control software) of the FVCOM code together with each partner's updates to the code. The exchange of information has enabled a more robust and consistent approach to implementations of FVCOM in different regions of the UK. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Establishment of UK FVCOM interest group |
| Organisation | Scottish Association For Marine Science |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We have set up a UK FVCOM interest group that includes representatives from SAMS, NOCL and Marine Scotland. We held our first meeting at PML in September 2012. Since then, we have setup a wiki and SVN repository for sharing common tools related to FVCOM and model implementations to foster collaborations and enhance our understanding of the model's capabilities. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners have contributed with intellectual inputs and shared experiences. |
| Impact | The partnership is mostly focused on the use of FVCOM and associated models (wave, sediment and ecosystem models) and provides a platform for exchange of ideas and experiences. As such, this is a multidisciplinary collaboration involving physical oceanography, ecology and ecosystem modelling and numerical methods. We have produced a Wiki (web based how-to manual) where the partners exchange their experiences and solutions to common problems in detail. Improvements to the code and/or analysis tools are also documented here. We also host an SVN repository (version control software) of the FVCOM code together with each partner's updates to the code. The exchange of information has enabled a more robust and consistent approach to implementations of FVCOM in different regions of the UK. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Establishment of UK FVCOM interest group |
| Organisation | University of Strathclyde |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We have set up a UK FVCOM interest group that includes representatives from SAMS, NOCL and Marine Scotland. We held our first meeting at PML in September 2012. Since then, we have setup a wiki and SVN repository for sharing common tools related to FVCOM and model implementations to foster collaborations and enhance our understanding of the model's capabilities. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners have contributed with intellectual inputs and shared experiences. |
| Impact | The partnership is mostly focused on the use of FVCOM and associated models (wave, sediment and ecosystem models) and provides a platform for exchange of ideas and experiences. As such, this is a multidisciplinary collaboration involving physical oceanography, ecology and ecosystem modelling and numerical methods. We have produced a Wiki (web based how-to manual) where the partners exchange their experiences and solutions to common problems in detail. Improvements to the code and/or analysis tools are also documented here. We also host an SVN repository (version control software) of the FVCOM code together with each partner's updates to the code. The exchange of information has enabled a more robust and consistent approach to implementations of FVCOM in different regions of the UK. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | GOA-ON Biological Working Group |
| Organisation | Global Ocean Acidification - Observing Network (GOA-ON) |
| Country | Global |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | I'm participating to this working group of the Global Ocean Acidification - Observing Network providing guidelines on how monitoring program could be best use and inform ecosystem models. UPDATE Feb 2016: I participated the first meeting of the biological working group and contributed to the draft white paper |
| Collaborator Contribution | All partners are experts in the biological/genetic/ecological impact of Ocean Acidification on biota at different levels (from unicellular to big animal) and share their knowledge on this topic |
| Impact | the working group has just been established and we held the first virtual meeting, setting up priorities for outputs. The collaboration is heavily multi-disciplinary with biology, ecology, genetics, ecosystem modelling, being the more important discipline involved. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | LOCATE modelling collaboration |
| Organisation | UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Attended a project kickoff meeting. Shared model configuration details. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Reciprocated model configuration details. |
| Impact | Model grid descriptions to build better high resolution coupled models. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | MARCHEMSPEC: SCOR WG |
| Organisation | Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This SCOR working group aims to review how chemical speciation is currently modelled, to define standards and new needs and to provide online tools |
| Collaborator Contribution | partners are divided between full members, that are responsible for the delivery of the aims of the WG, and associate members (like me) that are contributing more loosely. |
| Impact | collaboration is multidisciplinary, involving chemists, modellers and oceanographers |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | MARCHEMSPEC: SCOR WG |
| Organisation | Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This SCOR working group aims to review how chemical speciation is currently modelled, to define standards and new needs and to provide online tools |
| Collaborator Contribution | partners are divided between full members, that are responsible for the delivery of the aims of the WG, and associate members (like me) that are contributing more loosely. |
| Impact | collaboration is multidisciplinary, involving chemists, modellers and oceanographers |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | MARCHEMSPEC: SCOR WG |
| Organisation | Desert Research Institute |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | This SCOR working group aims to review how chemical speciation is currently modelled, to define standards and new needs and to provide online tools |
| Collaborator Contribution | partners are divided between full members, that are responsible for the delivery of the aims of the WG, and associate members (like me) that are contributing more loosely. |
| Impact | collaboration is multidisciplinary, involving chemists, modellers and oceanographers |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | MARCHEMSPEC: SCOR WG |
| Organisation | Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres |
| Department | Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This SCOR working group aims to review how chemical speciation is currently modelled, to define standards and new needs and to provide online tools |
| Collaborator Contribution | partners are divided between full members, that are responsible for the delivery of the aims of the WG, and associate members (like me) that are contributing more loosely. |
| Impact | collaboration is multidisciplinary, involving chemists, modellers and oceanographers |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | MARCHEMSPEC: SCOR WG |
| Organisation | INCT Energy and Environment (INCT-E&A) |
| Country | Brazil |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This SCOR working group aims to review how chemical speciation is currently modelled, to define standards and new needs and to provide online tools |
| Collaborator Contribution | partners are divided between full members, that are responsible for the delivery of the aims of the WG, and associate members (like me) that are contributing more loosely. |
| Impact | collaboration is multidisciplinary, involving chemists, modellers and oceanographers |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | MARCHEMSPEC: SCOR WG |
| Organisation | Murdoch University |
| Country | Australia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This SCOR working group aims to review how chemical speciation is currently modelled, to define standards and new needs and to provide online tools |
| Collaborator Contribution | partners are divided between full members, that are responsible for the delivery of the aims of the WG, and associate members (like me) that are contributing more loosely. |
| Impact | collaboration is multidisciplinary, involving chemists, modellers and oceanographers |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | MARCHEMSPEC: SCOR WG |
| Organisation | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | This SCOR working group aims to review how chemical speciation is currently modelled, to define standards and new needs and to provide online tools |
| Collaborator Contribution | partners are divided between full members, that are responsible for the delivery of the aims of the WG, and associate members (like me) that are contributing more loosely. |
| Impact | collaboration is multidisciplinary, involving chemists, modellers and oceanographers |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | MARCHEMSPEC: SCOR WG |
| Organisation | Research Center of Patagonian Ecosystems (CIEP) |
| Country | Chile |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This SCOR working group aims to review how chemical speciation is currently modelled, to define standards and new needs and to provide online tools |
| Collaborator Contribution | partners are divided between full members, that are responsible for the delivery of the aims of the WG, and associate members (like me) that are contributing more loosely. |
| Impact | collaboration is multidisciplinary, involving chemists, modellers and oceanographers |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | MARCHEMSPEC: SCOR WG |
| Organisation | Ruder Boskovic Institute |
| Country | Croatia |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | This SCOR working group aims to review how chemical speciation is currently modelled, to define standards and new needs and to provide online tools |
| Collaborator Contribution | partners are divided between full members, that are responsible for the delivery of the aims of the WG, and associate members (like me) that are contributing more loosely. |
| Impact | collaboration is multidisciplinary, involving chemists, modellers and oceanographers |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | MARCHEMSPEC: SCOR WG |
| Organisation | Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | This SCOR working group aims to review how chemical speciation is currently modelled, to define standards and new needs and to provide online tools |
| Collaborator Contribution | partners are divided between full members, that are responsible for the delivery of the aims of the WG, and associate members (like me) that are contributing more loosely. |
| Impact | collaboration is multidisciplinary, involving chemists, modellers and oceanographers |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | MARCHEMSPEC: SCOR WG |
| Organisation | Sun Yat-Sen University |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This SCOR working group aims to review how chemical speciation is currently modelled, to define standards and new needs and to provide online tools |
| Collaborator Contribution | partners are divided between full members, that are responsible for the delivery of the aims of the WG, and associate members (like me) that are contributing more loosely. |
| Impact | collaboration is multidisciplinary, involving chemists, modellers and oceanographers |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | MARCHEMSPEC: SCOR WG |
| Organisation | University of British Columbia |
| Country | Canada |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This SCOR working group aims to review how chemical speciation is currently modelled, to define standards and new needs and to provide online tools |
| Collaborator Contribution | partners are divided between full members, that are responsible for the delivery of the aims of the WG, and associate members (like me) that are contributing more loosely. |
| Impact | collaboration is multidisciplinary, involving chemists, modellers and oceanographers |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | MARCHEMSPEC: SCOR WG |
| Organisation | University of California, San Diego (UCSD) |
| Department | Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This SCOR working group aims to review how chemical speciation is currently modelled, to define standards and new needs and to provide online tools |
| Collaborator Contribution | partners are divided between full members, that are responsible for the delivery of the aims of the WG, and associate members (like me) that are contributing more loosely. |
| Impact | collaboration is multidisciplinary, involving chemists, modellers and oceanographers |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | MARCHEMSPEC: SCOR WG |
| Organisation | University of East Anglia |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This SCOR working group aims to review how chemical speciation is currently modelled, to define standards and new needs and to provide online tools |
| Collaborator Contribution | partners are divided between full members, that are responsible for the delivery of the aims of the WG, and associate members (like me) that are contributing more loosely. |
| Impact | collaboration is multidisciplinary, involving chemists, modellers and oceanographers |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | MARCHEMSPEC: SCOR WG |
| Organisation | University of Gothenburg |
| Country | Sweden |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This SCOR working group aims to review how chemical speciation is currently modelled, to define standards and new needs and to provide online tools |
| Collaborator Contribution | partners are divided between full members, that are responsible for the delivery of the aims of the WG, and associate members (like me) that are contributing more loosely. |
| Impact | collaboration is multidisciplinary, involving chemists, modellers and oceanographers |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | MARCHEMSPEC: SCOR WG |
| Organisation | University of Liverpool |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This SCOR working group aims to review how chemical speciation is currently modelled, to define standards and new needs and to provide online tools |
| Collaborator Contribution | partners are divided between full members, that are responsible for the delivery of the aims of the WG, and associate members (like me) that are contributing more loosely. |
| Impact | collaboration is multidisciplinary, involving chemists, modellers and oceanographers |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | MARCHEMSPEC: SCOR WG |
| Organisation | University of Miami |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This SCOR working group aims to review how chemical speciation is currently modelled, to define standards and new needs and to provide online tools |
| Collaborator Contribution | partners are divided between full members, that are responsible for the delivery of the aims of the WG, and associate members (like me) that are contributing more loosely. |
| Impact | collaboration is multidisciplinary, involving chemists, modellers and oceanographers |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | MARCHEMSPEC: SCOR WG |
| Organisation | University of Otago |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This SCOR working group aims to review how chemical speciation is currently modelled, to define standards and new needs and to provide online tools |
| Collaborator Contribution | partners are divided between full members, that are responsible for the delivery of the aims of the WG, and associate members (like me) that are contributing more loosely. |
| Impact | collaboration is multidisciplinary, involving chemists, modellers and oceanographers |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | MARCHEMSPEC: SCOR WG |
| Organisation | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | This SCOR working group aims to review how chemical speciation is currently modelled, to define standards and new needs and to provide online tools |
| Collaborator Contribution | partners are divided between full members, that are responsible for the delivery of the aims of the WG, and associate members (like me) that are contributing more loosely. |
| Impact | collaboration is multidisciplinary, involving chemists, modellers and oceanographers |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | MARCHEMSPEC: SCOR WG |
| Organisation | Xi'an Jiaotong Liverpool University |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This SCOR working group aims to review how chemical speciation is currently modelled, to define standards and new needs and to provide online tools |
| Collaborator Contribution | partners are divided between full members, that are responsible for the delivery of the aims of the WG, and associate members (like me) that are contributing more loosely. |
| Impact | collaboration is multidisciplinary, involving chemists, modellers and oceanographers |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | National Partnership for Ocean Prediction (NPOP). |
| Organisation | Centre For Environment, Fisheries And Aquaculture Science |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Launched in April 2107, The mission of the partnership is to develop and promote marine products and services, with a focus on national and public benefit. It member are PML, NOC, Cefas and UKMO. NPOP focuses on the integration of models, observations and scientific understanding, and how these can be used to produce good quality information and advice about the marine environment. The partnership itself does not provide services, but facilitates the partners to develop these services, and helps them to be used as widely as possible and to the best effect. PML works with the partnership to provide ecosystem models for the NW European shelf operational forecast system and with UKMO to further develop operational data assimilation. This is managed through a join position between to 2 organisations. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Setting priorities for research and observation collection is key to the success of ocean prediction services. The National Partnership of Ocean Prediction has an important role in understanding and defining these priorities. Our activity groups provide the fora in which the work of the research community can be coordinated, to ensure we work in a complimentary way to maximise the impact of our research and services. They are also the route through which we can understand where the gaps in understanding, tools or observations lie. This informs our own priorities, as well as providing appropriate guidance for the observations community and others. The partnership provides a means of engaging with users so that they have a good understanding of the services we provide, and we have a good understanding of how we need to develop our services to meet their needs. As a partnership we look for funding to underpin the work needed to develop the services, and have a stronger, more coherent, voice than we do as individual groups. |
| Impact | Annual science, meeting. development of a strategy for ocean forecasting. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | National Partnership for Ocean Prediction (NPOP). |
| Organisation | Meteorological Office UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Launched in April 2107, The mission of the partnership is to develop and promote marine products and services, with a focus on national and public benefit. It member are PML, NOC, Cefas and UKMO. NPOP focuses on the integration of models, observations and scientific understanding, and how these can be used to produce good quality information and advice about the marine environment. The partnership itself does not provide services, but facilitates the partners to develop these services, and helps them to be used as widely as possible and to the best effect. PML works with the partnership to provide ecosystem models for the NW European shelf operational forecast system and with UKMO to further develop operational data assimilation. This is managed through a join position between to 2 organisations. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Setting priorities for research and observation collection is key to the success of ocean prediction services. The National Partnership of Ocean Prediction has an important role in understanding and defining these priorities. Our activity groups provide the fora in which the work of the research community can be coordinated, to ensure we work in a complimentary way to maximise the impact of our research and services. They are also the route through which we can understand where the gaps in understanding, tools or observations lie. This informs our own priorities, as well as providing appropriate guidance for the observations community and others. The partnership provides a means of engaging with users so that they have a good understanding of the services we provide, and we have a good understanding of how we need to develop our services to meet their needs. As a partnership we look for funding to underpin the work needed to develop the services, and have a stronger, more coherent, voice than we do as individual groups. |
| Impact | Annual science, meeting. development of a strategy for ocean forecasting. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | National Partnership for Ocean Prediction (NPOP). |
| Organisation | National Oceanography Centre |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Launched in April 2107, The mission of the partnership is to develop and promote marine products and services, with a focus on national and public benefit. It member are PML, NOC, Cefas and UKMO. NPOP focuses on the integration of models, observations and scientific understanding, and how these can be used to produce good quality information and advice about the marine environment. The partnership itself does not provide services, but facilitates the partners to develop these services, and helps them to be used as widely as possible and to the best effect. PML works with the partnership to provide ecosystem models for the NW European shelf operational forecast system and with UKMO to further develop operational data assimilation. This is managed through a join position between to 2 organisations. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Setting priorities for research and observation collection is key to the success of ocean prediction services. The National Partnership of Ocean Prediction has an important role in understanding and defining these priorities. Our activity groups provide the fora in which the work of the research community can be coordinated, to ensure we work in a complimentary way to maximise the impact of our research and services. They are also the route through which we can understand where the gaps in understanding, tools or observations lie. This informs our own priorities, as well as providing appropriate guidance for the observations community and others. The partnership provides a means of engaging with users so that they have a good understanding of the services we provide, and we have a good understanding of how we need to develop our services to meet their needs. As a partnership we look for funding to underpin the work needed to develop the services, and have a stronger, more coherent, voice than we do as individual groups. |
| Impact | Annual science, meeting. development of a strategy for ocean forecasting. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | SAMS |
| Organisation | Scottish Association For Marine Science |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration between us and SAMS for configuration of our common modelling tools. In particular, this has been for the configuration of the atmospheric model we use. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Help setting up and troubleshooting model configurations and data sources. |
| Impact | We have generated a decade of atmospheric model outputs which we use for a range of modelling applications. These results have also been included in a peer-reviewed publication. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | STEMM-CCS collaboration |
| Organisation | National Oceanography Centre |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | NOC Southampton have received results from our modelling to help interpret their fieldwork observations. |
| Collaborator Contribution | They have sent locations and times of interest for us to extract relevant data from the model results. |
| Impact | The results I've supplied are being used by a PhD student in their thesis work. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | next generation benthic models |
| Organisation | Ca' Foscari University of Venice |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I wrote a proposal for an international workshop to be funded by the EUROmarine network to define the guidelines for the development of next generation benthic model |
| Collaborator Contribution | they contribute to the proposal |
| Impact | proposal submitted to EUROMARINE network and it has been funded |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | next generation benthic models |
| Organisation | Dutch Research Council |
| Department | Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I wrote a proposal for an international workshop to be funded by the EUROmarine network to define the guidelines for the development of next generation benthic model |
| Collaborator Contribution | they contribute to the proposal |
| Impact | proposal submitted to EUROMARINE network and it has been funded |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | next generation benthic models |
| Organisation | Italian National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (OGS) |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | I wrote a proposal for an international workshop to be funded by the EUROmarine network to define the guidelines for the development of next generation benthic model |
| Collaborator Contribution | they contribute to the proposal |
| Impact | proposal submitted to EUROMARINE network and it has been funded |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | next generation benthic models |
| Organisation | Utrecht University |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I wrote a proposal for an international workshop to be funded by the EUROmarine network to define the guidelines for the development of next generation benthic model |
| Collaborator Contribution | they contribute to the proposal |
| Impact | proposal submitted to EUROMARINE network and it has been funded |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Title | BGC-val: Biogeochemical model evaluation suite |
| Description | The BGC-val model evaluation suite. This is a python toolkit to evaluation marine models from netcdf to html. This release is associated with the paper submitted to Geoscientific Model Development: BGC-val: a model and grid independent python toolkit to evaluate marine biogeochemical models, Lee de Mora, Andrew Yool, Julien Palmieri, Alistair Sellar, Till Kuhbrodt, Ekaterina Popova, Colin Jones, and J. Icarus Allen, Geoscientific Model Development, 2018. gmd-2018-103 This file is the version 1.0.1 of BGC-val which is associated with the final version of the GMD paper. The previous beta version (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1215935) has been superseded by this version. A fully functional and documented snapshot of the BGC-val toolkit with an associated DOI address will be permanently available via the Zenodo service, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1320830. An up to date version will be available at via our in-house gitlab server: https://gitlab.ecosystem-modelling.pml.ac.uk/BGC-val-users/bgc-val Registration for the gitlab server is required: http://www.pml.ac.uk/Modelling_at_PML/Access_Code |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | This toolkit has been used for monitoring the spin up of the UKESM, speeding up the turnover of model production and validation iterations, while strengthening the role of collaboration between the multiple sites who contribute to the UKESM. Outside of the UKESM, this toolkit has also been applied to the NEMO-ERSEM model in the North Atlantic domain, to POLCOMS-ERSEM in the GCOMS North East Asia domain, and to many CMIP5 models products. |
| URL | https://www.geosci-model-dev.net/11/4215/2018/ |
| Title | ESMValTool 2.3 |
| Description | ESMValTool: A community diagnostic and performance metrics tool for routine evaluation of Earth system models in CMIP. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | Used this code in several projects, including the IPCC AR6 WG1 chapters 3 and 9. |
| URL | https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValTool |
| Title | ESMValTool 2.4 |
| Description | ESMValTool is A community diagnostic and performance metrics tool for routine evaluation of Earth system models in CMIP. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | Deployed it in several projects, UKESM, CRACAB, TerraFirma, and used it to contribute to the IPCC AR6 WG1 chapters 3 & 9. |
| URL | https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValTool |
| Title | ESMValTool v2 (beta) |
| Description | ESMValTool v2: A community diagnostic and performance metrics tool for routine evaluation of Earth system models in CMIP. |
| Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | This toolkit is being used to evaluate CMIP5 and CMIP6 models. We also expect to use this toolkit to evaluate UKESM1 in the near future. Please note that L. de Mora is only one of a dozen or so contributions to this toolkit. |
| URL | http://esmvaltool.readthedocs.io/en/version2_development |
| Title | FAMB ERSEM |
| Description | The Framework for Aquatic Biogeochemical Models (FABM): a Fortran 2003 programming framework for biogeochemical models of marine and freshwater systems. FABM enables complex biogeochemical models to be developed as sets of stand-alone, process-specific modules. These can be combined at runtime to create custom-tailored models. This approach has been adopted to implement several large ecosystem models in FABM, including ERSEM (marine), and AED and PCLake (freshwater). FABM has also been used to model suspended sediment and redox chemistry. FABM has been coupled to several hydrodynamic models, including GOTM, GETM, GLM, MOM4 and MOM5. It also comes with a stand-alone box model driver. FABM uses modern software standards: it is coded in object-oriented Fortran 2003, has a build system based on CMake, and uses YAML files for configuration. FABM makes it easy to partition complex biogeochemistry over many building blocks, called "model instances" in FABM. The fabm-ersem port currently makes everything that can be considered as "integral physical particle" a model instance. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2015 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | none as yet |
| URL | https://gitlab.ecosystem-modelling.pml.ac.uk/ |
| Title | FVCOM Python Toolbox |
| Description | Python tools for interrogating FVCOM model data. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | Significantly speeds up post-processing model outputs. Also increasing use in parallel processing of outputs and inputs for FVCOM. |
| URL | https://gitlab.ecosystem-modelling.pml.ac.uk/fvcom/pyfvcom |
| Title | FVCOM matlab toolbox |
| Description | Development of an FVCOM (Finite Volumen Coastal Ocean Model) matlab toolbox for the automatic generation of input files for FVCOM and for postprocessing and plotting of FVCOM simulation results. The implementation is domain independent. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2013 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | This collection of scripts streamlines the implementation of FVCOM model in new domains reducing the time needed to generate typical or default input files. The use of a standard set of script minimises the potential errors in setting up FVCOM. Furthermore, it provides a traceable history of the sources of model input data used in the implementation and complements the FVCOM manual with more detailed information on the format and options to force FVCOM. The collection also includes scripts to extract, analyse and plot FVCOM model results that allows quick quality checks to be performed on the model results. Overall, the toolbox has enabled users across the world to reduce the time involved in setting up FVCOM allowing more time for interpretation of the results. |
| URL | https://github.com/pwcazenave/fvcom-toolbox |
| Title | FVCOM toolbox |
| Description | Provide pre- and post-processing tools for the FVCOM hydrodynamic model. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | The toolbox has been included in the official release of FVCOM. |
| URL | https://gitlab.ecosystem-modelling.pml.ac.uk/fvcom/fvcom-toolbox |
| Title | PyProTex documentation software |
| Description | Software documentation software to automatically generate manuals from LaTex code tags. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2014 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | Facilitation of model documentation process. |
| URL | https://gitlab.ecosystem-modelling.pml.ac.uk/momm/pyprotex |
| Title | Shelf Seas Biogeochemistry - ERSEM |
| Description | The SSB-ERSEM package includes a re-locatable biogeochemical water column model based on GOTM-ERSEM. The code and model setups presented have been developed as a community modelling tool for the NERC Defra UK Shelf Sea Biogeochemistry program. The first release of the model provides a baseline model version upon which we can build and develop new process model descriptions, drawing on the experimental and observational activities undertaken by the wider community. We see developing a better synergy between modelling and experimental studies as key to progress over the next decade, hence this system can by run on a PC and provides an entry level modelling tool for non-specialist modellers to engage in process modelling. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2014 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | ERSEM is the ecosystem model component of the UKMO run operational forecast system for the NW European shelf. |
| URL | http://www.shelfseasmodelling.org/index-en |
| Title | bgcval2: Marine Biogoechemical Validation Toolkit v2 |
| Description | The Marine Biogoechemical Validation Toolkit v2 (bgcval2) is a python based software toolkit that was built to automate the production of a html website to help monitoring the development of the UKESM2, Terrafirma and Mission Atlantic models. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Impact | The toolkit was used for the operational monitoring of several model simulations, including UKESM2, Terrafirma and Mission Atlantic models. |
| URL | https://github.com/valeriupredoi/bgcval2 |
| Description | 8th UK FVCOM Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I gave a talk at the 8th UK FVCOM Workshop entitled "PML's approach to FVCOM modelling, set up and validation". Publicising PML's work with FVCOM has meant that, for example, our recent job advert has received interest from people present at the workshop. In addition, I was asked to present PML's modelling work to Marine Scotland Science with a view to exploring potential future colloborations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | AMEMR conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented work on the riverine impacts on offshore aquaculture (poster and presentation) at this year's AMEMR conference. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.amemr.com/ |
| Description | AccessLab workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | I attended two AccessLab workshops where I was paired with a local policy maker. In the first workshop, I was paired with Tessa de G. , a counsellor from Dartmouth town council. We discussed the issue of tourist buses idling in Dartmouth town centre and I helped Tessa evidence the carbon footprint of these buses. She then used this evidence to encourage the town council to ban idling engines in Dartmouth. This small action could lead to a savings of up to 25 Tonnes of CO2 per summer. At the second AccessLab workshop, we were invited to contribute to an upcoming paper, and Tessa and I wrote a case study about our successful interaction. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019 |
| Description | Attended the Offshore Renewable Energy Supergen Hub meeting in London to represent PML's science |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attended the Offshore Renewable Energy Supergen Hub meeting in London to represent PML's science |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | BBC Radio Devon Christmas lecture 2021: introduction to Earth System Models |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BBC Radio Devon asked me to do a Christmas lecture this year! I spoke to the wider public with 14 minutes about earth system models, marine biology, CMIP6 and the IPCC. In the first part of the lecture, I talk about how models are made, what models look like, how models are joined together. In the second part, I talk about how we make models look realistic, how humans can impact the climate, how we forecast the future climate, and what we can do now. The original was broadcast on the 28th of December on BBC Radio Devon. I also generated a video using the recorded audio, but that is a separate outcome. The radio broadcast of this activity does not have a DOI. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | COP26 UKRI stall |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I manned the UKRI stall at COP26 for an afternoon. I spoke with dozens of people, and we showed them all sorts of videos and shared ideas about marine science and Earth System Modelling. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | CSLF taskforce |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Technical Barriers and R&D Opportunities for Offshore, Sub-Seabed Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide. Report Prepared for the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF) Technical Group By the Offshore Storage Technologies Task Force, U.S. Department of Energy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.cslforum.org/publications/documents/OffshoreStorageTaskForce_FinalCombinedReport.pdf |
| Description | Contributed to the modelling group's presentation to the ISO9001 assessor |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Contributed to the modelling group's presentation to the ISO9001 assessor |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Cross currents - UKESM described through poetry |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Through the cross currents project, we prepared and presented a public facing evening of science and poetry. Each scientist was paired with a poet. First the scientist presented a short description of their work, then the poet recited a poem written on the same theme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://pml.ac.uk/Media_and_events/Events/PML_Events/Poetry_and_Marine_Science |
| Description | ERSEM workshop at AMEMR 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Workshop to teach student and senior scientist outside the modelling field how to use the European Regional Seas Ecosystem Model. This covered how to set-up and run the model. Has well as how to use the model to test hypothesis regarding food-web and nutrient circulation or climate change impact. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | EUROMARINE workshop on benthic-pelagic coupling |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A workshop on advancement of conceptual frameworks, modelling and experimental approaches to benthic-pelagic coupling has been held in Plymouth in May 2015. It was attended by 14 participants from 9 different countries. The lively discussion brought to highlight 6 topics for further investigation and work, a paper is being written and an EGU session has been organised |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | FCO meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Foreign & Commonwealth Office meeting on Opportunities for future collaboration in CCS R&D, UK/China/Canada, Southampton 27th Sept 2015 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | FVCOM workshop in Edinburgh |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I gave a talk at the 8th UK FVCOM Workshop entitled "Biogeochemical modelling with FVCOM". The talk exemplified the contributions PML is making to the community model FVCOM and how the additional functionality can help tackle a much wider range of topics than what was previously possible with FVCOM. The talk has instigated the gradual uptake of our biogeochemical model ERSEM by groups in the US. The additions will be part of future regular releases of FVCOM by the UMASSD development team led by Dr. C. Chen at The Marine Ecosystem Dynamics Modelling Laboratory (MEDML) at the School for Marine Science and Technology, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://fvcom.smast.umassd.edu/ |
| Description | ICES-WGIPEM presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The presentation, titled "Modelling zooplankton - how and what can we do?" was given at the ICES Working Group on Integrated, Physical-biological and Ecosystem Modelling (WGIPEM). It highlighted the role of zooplankton and the necessity to further develop it's representation in ecosystem models to better characterise ecosystem state and the impact on things like fisheries capacity as it is an important food item for several fishes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | IEAGHG Impacts and Risks |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | IEAGHG CCS Impacts and Risks network meeting, Southampton, 29th 1st Oct. Presentation on marine environmental risks associated with offshore CCS |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | IEAGHG Monitoring Network Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | IEAGHG Monitoring Network Meeting, 10-12 June 2015, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, CA, USA. Monitoring and baseline options for offshore CCS: outcomes from the QICS project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Interiview with BBC Radio Devon's Pippa Quelch about my role in IPCC report |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I did a brief interview with Pippa Quelch on BBC Radio Devon. We talked about the results of the IPCC Sixth Assessment reports, my role as a contributing author of the report, some of the headline statements and a brief discussion on climate change in the marine environment. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ-8fS7c6Vk |
| Description | Invited participation to meeting on jellyfish blooms and their impact on coastal power |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A small meeting was held by University of Bristol and EDF energy partners to discuss current and future research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Invited seminar at University of Reading |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Approxiamtely 40 undergraduate student listened to the seminar. Further the invitation lead to discussion with senior scientist within the university with invitation to participate in future research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | KIOST-PML MEMORI workshop (South Korea) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | about 30 scientists (from PML and KIOST) participated to the workshop on ecosystem modelling and earth observation sharing information regarding methodologies, approaches, and scientific understanding of marine ecosystems draft of new collaborative ideas and projects have been written to be proposed to Korean government |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | MEDINA Final public conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | North African administrators, media, general public, academics attended presentations and discussions focused on the assessment of the ecological status of North African coasts and guidance for best practices of coastal management and monitoring. Collaborations for implementation of monitoring practices in North African sites were planned. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | MMO CCS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk to the Marine Management Organisation on Environmental impacts and monitoring for offshore CCS - implications for regulations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | MMO evidence gathering meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Participation in a phone conference organised by the MMO with other SW stakeholders under the Marine Planning Summer Engagement workshops on Ports and Coastal development. We reviewed the work done by the MMO so far in terms of identifying and evaluating Issues, Causes and Effects. This was a contribution to their process in setting up the Marine Planning draft for the South West. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | MSCC/MASTS ecosystem modelling workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The MSCC Science Alignment Working Group sponsored an initiative to assess UK ecosystem modelling capability and develop a roadmap for the future. This aimed to maximise the uptake of ecosystem models in policy and regulation. This paper is the outcome from a joint MSCC/MASTS workshop on ecosystem modelling that brought together advisors, assessors, biologists, socio-economists, modellers, policy makers, and funders. Here, we describe the future vision and current state, and then outline the roadmap for development of UK ecosystem modelling needed to achieve the future vision. Workshop help between research community agencies (Cefas, UKMO, Marine Scotland, afbi) defra, mmo etc.. Participated in the steering committee and development of the roadmap. 6 PML staff attended the workshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Marine Management Organisation - |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentations and Discussions with the MMO on how our research can help address key policy needs. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Marine Scotland Science's Scottish Shelf Model workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I was an invited speak for Marine Scotland Science's Scottish Shelf Model workshop in Edinburgh, where I presented PML's modelling tools and their use, particularly FVCOM-ERSEM and FVCOM-ERSEM-ShellSIM. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://marine.gov.scot/data/scottish-shelf-model-workshop-june-2017 |
| Description | OA RUG report |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Laffoley, D. d'A., and Baxter, J.M. (eds). 2015. Tackling ocean acidification - improving prospects by planning ahead. 16pp A report arising from a OA IRUG |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://www.iaea.org/ocean-acidification/act3/new%20RUG%20docs/aooa.web.pdf |
| Description | PICES intersessional meeting workshops on N Pacific marine ecosystem and climate change. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | North Pacific marine science Organisation workshop no climate change impacts. Interactions as discussion with scientists form the USA, Canada, S Korea, China and Japan. Keynote talk and workshop leadership. Discussion informed the PICES science delivery |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.pices.int |
| Description | Presented PML's work on modelling of carbon in UK waters to Marine Scotland Science. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I gave an overview of PML's work on modelling of carbon in UK waters to Marine Scotland Science. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Presented PML's work on modelling of carbon in UK waters to the Marine Management Organisation. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presented PML's work on modelling of carbon in UK waters to the Marine Management Organisation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Press release following the published results of the first ever sub-sea carbon dioxide impact, detection and monitoring experiment relevant to Carbon dioxide Capture and Storage (CCS) in sub-seabed storage reservoirs |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | This press release was intended to make widely known the published results of the first ever sub-sea carbon dioxide impact, detection and monitoring experiment relevant to Carbon dioxide Capture and Storage (CCS) in sub-seabed storage reservoirs. These results were published in Nature Climate Change and found that, for a leak of this scale, the environmental damage was limited; restricted to a small area and with a quick recovery of both the chemistry and biology. The experiment was part of the Quantifying and Monitoring Potential Ecosystem Impacts of Geological Carbon Storage (QICS) project, led by Plymouth Marine Laboratory. This press release highlighted the recommendations for CCS operators developing risk strategies, which were made by the QICS team following the results of the experiment. The findings of the study published in Nature Climate Change will contribute to the growing knowledge base necessary for optimal deployment of CCS as a climate change mitigation measure; in particular for the regulatory requirement for monitoring. This press release publicised these findings and recommendations. Also, there were several media enquiries and articles published as a result of this press release: 30-Sep Leaking CO2 Fails to Cause Marine Catastrophe Scientific American 30-Sep Carbon Capture leak test shows minimum impact Western Morning News 01-Oct Scientists probe leak risk from seabed CO2 stores Planet Earth Online 06-Oct Sub-sea CO2 leaks have 'minimal' impact tce today 08-Oct World-first experiment on a controlled sub-seabed CO2 leak demonstrates minimal environmental impact and rapid recovery Imarest |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.pml.ac.uk/News/CCS_controlled_leak_results |
| Description | Publicity for QICS Nature Climate Change Paper |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | A press release was issued to accompany the publication of Detection and impacts of leakage from sub-seafloor deep geological carbon dioxide storage in Nature Climate Change, by J C Blackford et al. As a result articles describing the research appeared in Scientific American, Planet Earth, Scinexx, Oceanology, Phys.org. The paper has been viewed online ~500 times within 4 weeks of publication. As a result of the initial press release I was interviewed by journalists from Planet Earth (online and podcast) and Scientific American. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | QICS presentation at GHGT12 Austin Texas |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | In excess of 100 people attended a talk at GHGT12, Austin Texas, describing the policy and stakeholder relevant outcomes of the QICS project. This project is seen as a model for future research in its field |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.ghgt.info/index.php/Content-GHGT12/ghgt-12-overview.html |
| Description | QICS stakeholder engagement |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | In order to effectively disseminate the outcomes of the QICS project to relevant stakeholders (~50 individuals), including industry, regulators and policy makers a workshop was held in London (8th May 2014 at the Westminster Conference Centre). Within this a number of presentations covered the potential impacts of a leak from transported or geologically stored CO2 in terms of areal significance, chemical changes and biological consequences and then discussed best practice for monitoring and baseline studies. Finally discussions on follow-up research needs were conducted. The activity was supported by the development of a range of media including project brochures, factsheets, and interviews. As a result of this activity, the outputs of the QICS project have been used by both the FEED studies currently developing plans for full scale Carbon Capture and Storage in the UK. In particular the QICS project participants have been assisting Shell with the development of their environmental monitoring and impact plans. The workshop has also generated stakeholder interest in a repeat experiment, and this has feed into a submission to the NERC SPAG. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.bgs.ac.uk/qics/ |
| Description | SSB workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Participants in the workshop got hand on experience with FABM-ERSEM, which provided them with a better understanding of the functioning of ecosystem model and how they can be used. This increased their interest in collaboration with the group for current or future projects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Towards an end-to-end European Ocean Observing System (EOOS) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Towards an end-to-end European Ocean Observing System (EOOS) There is a growing recognition of the need to build a comprehensive, end-to-end European Ocean Observing System (EOOS) to coordinate the currently fragmented and complex ocean observing capacity across Europe. In 2015, EMB and EuroGOOS launched a joint activity on EOOS as a framework for advancing Europe's capability for ocean observation. On 12-13 May 2015, a joint workshop was held in Brussels bringing together experts from the marine scientific and operational oceanographic communities to develop a roadmap, time-line and governance structure for EOOS. This was convened with the long-term goal of implementing a flagship initiative building on existing resources and commitments and aligning with international developments such as the Framework for Ocean Observing. In particular, in Europe, there is a growing recognition of the need to build a comprehensive, end-to-end European Ocean Observing System (EOOS). In 2015, EMB and EuroGOOS launched a joint activity on EOOS, bringing together the marine scientific and operational oceanographic communities to develop a roadmap, time-line and governance structure for EOOS with the long-term goal of implementing a flagship initiative building on existing resources and commitments. Activities to date include an expert workshop in May 2015 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Trondheim CCS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The 8th Trondheim Conference on CO2 Capture, Transport and Storage (TCCS8) 16/06/2015 - 18/06/2015. Trondheim, Norway Monitoring and baseline options for offshore CCS: outcomes from the QICS project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | UK CCS R&D needs |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | What role for R&D in delivering cost-competitive CCS projects in the UK in the 2020s Conference Room, Mary Sumner House, 24 Tufton Street, London, SW1P 3RB Discussion and analysis of research priorities for UK CCS |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | UKCCSRC CPD course |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | CO2 Storage and Monitoring CPD certified course 20th April 2015 to 21st April 2015, Cranfield, UK Environmental Impacts of CO2 Storage |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | UKESM stall at COP26 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I manned the UKESM stall at COP26 for an afternoon. I spoke with dozens of people, and we showed them all sorts of videos and shared ideas about marine science and Earth System Modelling. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | UKOA Royal Soc meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | "Ocean acidification: what's it all about?" . Royal Society, London: 4-5 June 2015 Forecasting future Ocean Acidification at global and regional scales |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Visit of the Secretary of Defense |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The secretary of Defense visited PML and I presented the wide range of activity of the modelling group. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Visit to Cambodia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | During a visit to Cambodia for the ACCORD project, we met with a wide range of people, from government officials keen to utilise the opportunity afforded them by the project to develop a monitoring capability in Cambodia. Their intention is to train and set up a regular marine sampling programme to monitor water quality. We discussed potential approaches within the context of their funding. We also met with an NGO (Marine Conservation Cambodia) with a strong involvement in the protection of the newly create Marine Protected Areas. During the meeting, a preliminary plan was developed for a fieldwork campaign. Modelling and remote sensing data were also demonstrated for subsequent use and planning. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | pre COP side event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | What geological CO2 storage can bring to mitigating climate change - UK research perspective. Accredited side event for the pre-Paris COP scientific conference 'Our common future under climate change' London, 1 July, 2015. Understanding baselines and leakage scenarios for efficient biochemical monitoring |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |