Marine Ecosystems
Coupled Physical-Biogeochemical Modeling
We develop models to simulate the nutrient and low-trophic level dynamics in the coastal
ocean to understand the
health of ecosystem
Hypoxia – “Dead Zone”
Coupled physical-biogeochemical model
Bottom dissolved oxygen simulated using a coupled physical-biogeochemical model (Ou and Xue, under revision)
Machine Learning / AL / statistical model
A novel prediction model using state-of-the-art statistical techniques based on physical and biogeochemical data provided by a numerical model. The model can capture both the magnitude and onset of the annual hypoxia events.
Oil Spill at Deepwater Horizon Site
A regional ocean model was used to simulate the tracer field and help interpret its dispersion and temporal evolution.
Plankton Dynamics during Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
model simulated results for April 2010
