ES44B:
Marine Ecosystem Forecasting for Decision Making I Posters
ES44B:
Marine Ecosystem Forecasting for Decision Making I Posters
Marine Ecosystem Forecasting for Decision Making I Posters
Session ID#: 28503
Session Description:
Much like weather forecasting, ocean ecosystem forecasting has potential benefit to society in many ways. Forecasts can provide managers, stakeholders, fishers, residents, and public health officials with prognostic information relevant to decisions they are facing. Thanks to advances in modeling, monitoring, and theory, there are a number of ocean ecosystem forecasts that are operational or in development on time scales ranging from daily to seasonal, with practical implications for industry operations, recreation and tourism, and human health and well being. Predictions at the decadal scale or longer can provide strategic advice to marine dependent industries and coastal communities. Most scientists focus on the technical barriers that must be overcome to provide reliable predictions of complex, interconnected systems. However, forecasts are meant to be used by people, and considerable challenges exist with understanding how forecast information is digested, interpreted, and used. This session will showcase a range of existing and experimental ocean ecosystem forecasts, discuss the challenges and successes of forecasting, and continue to build a community of forecasters as ecosystem forecasting grows into its own branch of oceanographic research
Primary Chair: Nicholas Record, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, ME, United States
Co-Chair: Katherine Mills, Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, ME, United States
Moderators: Katherine Mills, Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, ME, United States and Nicholas Record, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, ME, United States
Student Paper Review Liaison: Katherine Mills, Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, ME, United States
Index Terms:
1922 Forecasting [INFORMATICS]
1952 Modeling [INFORMATICS]
4263 Ocean predictability and prediction [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
6309 Decision making under uncertainty [POLICY SCIENCES]
Cross-Topics:
- EP - Ecology and Physical Interactions
- ED - Education, Outreach and Policy
- OM - Ocean Modeling
Abstracts Submitted to this Session:
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