Dear Colleague,
NASA has recently funded us (Mary-Elena Carr and Marjy Friedrichs in collaboration with Janet Campbell and Dick Barber) to coordinate a comparison of models that estimate marine primary production from satellite measurements of ocean color (PP models). Although there presently exist several fine models, their results differ substantially. Perhaps you have developed or are running a PP model for your study region or maybe you would like to use the output of one. We are looking for people who have developed, modified, or are running a PP model who would like to participate. This is an opportunity for us to help you determine how your model compares with others given identical input fields, understand how and why it differs, and identify its strengths as well as the regions where it may give anomalous results. We would also like to hear from people who do not want to participate with a model, but would like to be kept apprised of the results of the model comparison (which will be accessible via the web). Please write Mary-Elena at mec@pacific.jpl.nasa.gov to let us know if you want to learn more. Email with more information will be forthcoming soon to those who respond. Please forward this message to colleagues that you think may be interested.
Thanks!
Mary-Elena Carr and Marjy Friedrichs
-- Mary-Elena Carr
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, MS 300-323
4800 Oak Grove Dr.
Pasadena, CA 91109-8099
Phone: (818) 354-5097
Fax: (818) 393-6720
mec@pacific.jpl.nasa.gov
oceans-www.jpl.nasa.gov/bio/

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