MODEL DATA: Meta-data-set ESTAS (Nutrient load scenarios for the Curonian lagoon)

1.) General description of the data set:

Simulations using NPZD model ESTAL/ALUKAS (2008), consisting of two submodels; a transport model and a coupled ecological model comprising inorganic nutrient pool, organic substances and three groups of phytoplankton and zooplankton

Scenarios:

Name TN loads TP loads(t/year)

N20 10777.07 1938.07

N50 26942.67 1938.07

P1 53885.33 19.38

P5 53885.33 96.90

P10 53885.33 193.81

P15 53885.33 290.71

P50 53885.33 969.04

P75 53885.33 1453.55

P100N100 53885.33 1938.07

P50N50 26942.67 969.04

P40N40 21554.13 775.23

P30N30 16165.60 581.42

P20N20 10777.07 387.61

P1N1 538.85 19.38

P50N10 5388.53 969.04

P50N100 53885.33 969.04

P5N20 10777.07 96.90

2.) Created:

2010

3.) Last update:

New scenarios including climate variations will be available during 2011 (ongoing work).

4.) Keywords:

NPZD model, nutrient load scenarios

5.) Area:

Europe, parts of the North Atlantic

6.) Spatial extension:

Curonian lagoon

7.) Spatial resolution:

12 boxes for biological/chemical variables spread over lagoon. Fluxes between boxes calculated using FEM model

8.) Time window:

1999-2001

9.) Temporal resolution:

hourly

10.) Data and arrays:

22 biogeochemical variables 3 phytoplankton and 1 zooplankton groups

11.) Reference to other data sets:

Nutrient load simulations

12.) Data quality (degree of validation):

model simulation

13.) Where to find the data?

Data available from the Coastal Research & Planning Institute, Klaipeda University via the contact person

14.) Contact persons:

Prof. Dr. Artūras Razinkovas
Coastal Research & Planning Institute, Klaipeda University
LT- Klaipeda, Lithuania
Email: art@corpi.ku.lt