Operational Products from GLOBEC Andrew J. Pershing University of Maine/ Gulf of Maine Research Institute

Informatics GLOBEC was funded to provide knowledge about important processes –Fish recruitment With the right data, we could use this knowledge to provide information –Good year for cod? Knowledge InformationData

Informatics A major legacy of GLOBEC are models –Formal representation of what we know –Relate things we can measure (data) to things we want to know (information) Model InformationData

Informatics Types of models –Conceptual –Statistical (NAO-Slope Water- Calanus -Right whales) –Dynamical (FVCOM) Model InformationData

Informatics Data –Historical (GB Broadscale) –On going (CPR) –Real-time (GoMOOS) Model InformationData

Discussion Points What are some big, ongoing questions in GoM/GB that we could imagine addressing? What models could be used? –Infrastructure? What data would be required? –Sustainable? Who would fund operations? Model development?