Project details: MOSSCO Synthesis
| Acronym: | MOSSCO II |
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| Title: | Küstenmeerforschung: Verbundprojekt MOSSCO-Synthese: Modulare Modell- und Datenkopplung für Schelfmeere und Küsten; Vorhaben: Modellkonfiguration, Nutzung eines verallgemeinerten Muschelfarmmoduls zur Verbesserung der Wasserqualität |
| Duration: | 01.04.2016 - 31.03.2019 |
| Project manager: | Prof. Dr. Hans Burchard |
| Funding: | BMBF - Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung |
| Focus: | Focus 4: Coastal seas and society Cross-Cutting Activity: Modeling |
| Cooperation: | Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht – Zentrum für Material- und Küstenforschung (HZG) Bundesanstalt für Wasserbau (BAW) |
| Website: | http://www.mossco.de |
Staff
Dr. Fatemeh Chegini
Dr. René Friedland, Tel.: +49 (381) 5197-3411
Dr. Peter Holtermann, Tel.: +49 (381) 5197-173
Dr. Knut Klingbeil, Tel.: +49 (381) 5197-153
Description
Most challenges in coastal science and management demand an integrative approach. The project “Modular System for Shelves and Coasts” (MOSSCO) thus developed an infrastructure that facilitates integration of existing model and data components. In the second phase of the project (MOSSCO Synthesis) the modular infrastructure will be brought to a number of coastal applications, which are centered around the benthic-pelagic interface. High-resolution model studies will be conducted for four regions (southern North Sea, North Frisian North Sea, western Baltic Sea, and Oder Lagoon). Based on state-of-the-art hydrodynamical modeling, these applications will address research questions arising from the interplay of biogeochemical, ecological, and sedimentary processes within the coastal transition zone. Central questions focus on drivers of macrobenthic dynamics, the effects of macrobenthic communities on ecosystem and sediment dynamics, or an the processes responsible for nearshore nutrient gradients. Related model studies will support specific demands of partner KüNO projects including those in the engineering KüNO call, and of German authorities responsible for EU Framework Directives. “MOSSCO Synthesis” will produce estimates for the historical, present and future state of the coastal ecosystem, as well as for sedimentary states and budgets.
Project details: MOSSCO
| Website: | Modular System for Shelves and Coasts |
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| Duration: | 01.04.2013 - 31.03.2016 |
| Project manager: | Prof. Dr. Hans Burchard |
| Funding: | BMBF - Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung |
| Focus: | Focus 2: Basin-scale ecosystem dynamics Focus 4: Coastal seas and society |
| Cooperation: | Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht – Zentrum für Material- und Küstenforschung (HZG) Bundesanstalt für Wasserbau (BAW) |
| Website: | http://www.mossco.de/ |