CSIRO Environmental Modelling Suite (EMS): scientific description of the optical and biogeochemical models (vB3p0)

• Published in: Geoscientific Model Development Vol. 13; no. 9; pp. 4503 - 4553
• Main Authors: Baird, Mark E., Wild-Allen, Karen A., Parslow, John, Mongin, Mathieu, Robson, Barbara, Skerratt, Jennifer, Rizwi, Farhan, Soja-Woźniak, Monika, Jones, Emlyn, Herzfeld, Mike, Margvelashvili, Nugzar, Andrewartha, John, Langlais, Clothilde, Adams, Matthew P., Cherukuru, Nagur, Gustafsson, Malin, Hadley, Scott, Ralph, Peter J., Rosebrock, Uwe, Schroeder, Thomas, Laiolo, Leonardo, Harrison, Daniel, Steven, Andrew D. L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Katlenburg-Lindau Copernicus GmbH 25.09.2020; Copernicus Publications
• Subjects: Acidification; Algae; Aquaculture; Attenuation; Barrier reefs; Benthos; Biogeochemistry; Carbon cycle; Chlorophyll; Chlorophylls; Coastal waters; Computer simulation; Coverage; Detritus; Empirical equations; Environment models; Environmental modeling; Estuaries; Fluxes; Geometric reasoning; Hydrodynamics; Light; Light attenuation; Manuals; Mathematical models; Modelling; Optical activity; Oxygen; Phytoplankton; Plankton; Polyps; Polyps (organisms); Predator-prey simulation; Predators; Prey; Resuspension; Sea grasses; Sediment; Sediments; Shading; Shallow water; Shelf seas; Underwater; Water circulation; Water column; Zooplankton; Australia

Since the mid-1990s, Australia's Commonwealth Science Industry and Research Organisation (CSIRO) has been developing a biogeochemical (BGC) model for coupling with a hydrodynamic and sediment model for application in estuaries, coastal waters and shelf seas. The suite of coupled models is refer...