Hobart

Seminar abstract

Friday 18 May 2007, 11.30 am
CSIRO Auditorium, Hobart

Mingshun Jiang
Department of Environmental, Earth and Ocean Sciences
University of Massachusetts Boston

Modeling Circulation in Massachusetts Bay, USA

Massachusetts Bay (MB), USA, is a semi-enclosed coastal embayment located in the western Gulf of Maine (GOM). The MB ecosystem is controlled by meteorological forcing, river discharges, and the GOM circulation. As a mid-size coastal system, the interactions of these driving forces and the system internal dynamics produce rich meso-scale processes including eddies and fronts, which are highly nonlinear and complicated. In addition, human activities have a direct contribution to the system, for example, by discharging sewage effluent, which contains high concentrations of nutrients and pollutants, into offshore of MB.

In this presentation, we examine the roles of these factors in shaping MB circulation using results from long-term observations and a hydrodynamic model, in order to better understand and predict future change of the MB ecosystem.

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Location:
CSIRO = Marine Laboratories Auditorium, Castray Esplanade, Hobart

For further information, or to schedule a seminar, contact:
To schedule a seminar, contact:
Karen Wild-Allen, (Oceanographic seminars) CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (03) 6232 5010
Thomas Kunz, (Biological seminars) CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
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Annabel Ozimec (seminar administrator) CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (03) 6232 5462
Sandra Zicus, Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems CRC (03) 6226 7888
Margaret Hazelwood, Institute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies (IASOS) University of Tasmania (03) 6226 2971

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