Optimized Plankton Ecosystem Dynamics Model

Abstract

The focus of this study has been to improve the OPED Model formulation based on detailed studies of Weather Stations P and S. The Optimized Plankton Ecosystem Dynamics (OPED) Model computes the interactive rate processes and resulting vertical distributions of planktonic and chemical constituents within the ocean water column. The current version of OPED can be used to analyze available oceanographic data and to establish appropriate 'tuned' parameters representative of the associated oceanographic province. Optical properties as well as plankton and chemical concentrations can then be predicted in time or space as a function of the fundamental physical driving forces including solar insolation and wind mixing. Subject terms: Optimized plankton; Ecosystem dynamics model.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA221503

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Classification
  • Dynamics
  • Ecosystems
  • Efficiency
  • Equations
  • Oceans
  • Optical Properties
  • Phytoplankton
  • Plankton
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Security
  • Solar Energy
  • Stations
  • Steady State
  • Weather Stations

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Oceanography.

Technology Areas

  • Space