Please check the pictures at the following link:
http://memg.ocean.dal.ca/bagniews/NAB_forecasts/pics_forcing/
These figures show the model output for the period of the experiment. I used forcing data for three different years: 2005, 2006 and 2007. The model uses glider and float data for T, S, Oxygen and Chl a from 4 April - 25 April.

Similar figures are shown in the links below, where I varied the initial concentrations of phytoplankton, and some biological parameters. For these figures I used forcing data for 2007.

Model output for different initial phytoplankton concentrations:

Objective and Strategy

The main objective of our modeling component is to develop an ecosystem model that describes the bloom and its associated carbon fluxes well. Our strategy is to start with a simple model formulation and optimize biological model parameters by means of variational data assimilation. Guided by our assessment of model-data discrepancies we will then implement modified model variants (e.g. including additional functional groups or processes).

Model description