An Inventory of

Hydrodynamic, Water‐Quality, and Ecosystem

Models of Florida Coastal and Ocean Waters

January 21, 2007

Steven H. Wolfe 

FL Dept. of Environmental Protection 

Office of Coastal and Aquatic Managed Areas 

3900 Commonwealth Blvd., MS 235 

Tallahassee, FL 32399 

Notes: 

1) This listing is the result of information originally solicited via e-mail in July 2006, collected from websites, and 

received as part of the review of initial drafts. It is intended as a resource for water resource managers and will be 

updated as new information is received. The newest version will be posted at www.dep.state.fl.us/coastal

2) CAUTION: This inventory makes no attempt to evaluate listed models for their capabilities or suitability for any 

particular use. Any contact information found for modelers is included at the end of the document to help readers 

obtain more information. 

3) The models are listed alphabetically by last name of primary modeler/contact. Additionally, to maximize utility 

there are indexes after the Table of Contents listing models by alphabetical location and proceeding around the state 

from west to east. 

4) Please send additions/corrections to: Steve Wolfe, Steven.Wolfe@dep.state.fl.us

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents....................................................................................................................................... i

Models Listed by Location................................................................................................................... A-1

Models Listed Generally From West to East ..................................................................................... B-1

Model ID # List of models.................................................................................................................. 1

1) Bottcher, Del (Soil and Water Engineering Technology, Inc.); Myakka River ............................. 1 

2) Chen, XinJian (SWFWMD); Lower Alafia River estuary.............................................................. 1 

3) Chen, XinJian (SWFWMD); Lower Alafia River estuary.............................................................. 1 

4) Chen, XinJian (SWFWMD); Manatee and Braden Rivers............................................................. 2 

5) Chen, XinJian (SWFWMD); Lower Peace River-Lower Myakka River-Upper Charlotte Harbor 2 

6) Chen, XinJian (SWFWMD); Lower Hillsborough River estuary .................................................. 2 

7) Christian, Dave (SJRWMD); Northern Atlantic coastal basin ....................................................... 3 

8) Crigger, Diane, Greg Graves, and Dana Fike (FDEP); Lake Worth Lagoon ................................. 3 

9) Cunningham, Brett (Jones Edmunds & Associates, Inc.); Bays in Sarasota County ..................... 4 

10) Danish Hydraulic Inst, USGS; Tampa Bay .................................................................................... 4

11) Driscol, Andy (Danish Hydraulic Institute); Tampa Bay to south of Venice jetties...................... 5 

12) Dynamic Solutions LLC; Suwannee River and Estuary................................................................. 5 

13) Erickson, Karen (Ericson Consulting Engineers); Little Sarasota Bay .......................................... 5 

14) Graber (?), Hans; Gulf of Mexico and ?? ....................................................................................... 6 

15) Hagen, Scott (UCF); Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway .................................................................... 6 

16) Hagen, Scott (UCF); Escambia Bay ............................................................................................... 7 

17) Hagen, Scott (UCF); Loxahatchee River Estuary........................................................................... 7 

18) Hagen, Scott (UCF); Western North Atlantic................................................................................. 8 

19) Hagen, Scott (UCF); Lower St. Johns River and ICW to Matanzas Inlet ...................................... 8 

20) Hagen, Scott (UCF); Western Atlantic ........................................................................................... 9 

21) Hagen, Scott (UCF); Tampa Bay.................................................................................................... 9 

22) Halliwell, George, Villy Kourafalou, and N. Shay (UM, RSMAS); Gulf of Mexico .................. 10 

23) Halliwell, George and Josefina Olascoaga (UM, RSMAS); West Florida Shelf ......................... 10 

24) Halliwell, George (UM, RSMAS); West Florida Shelf north of the Keys................................... 10 

25) Harwell, Mark (NOAA), P. Hsieh, W. Huang, E. Johnson, K. Milla, H. Wang, G. Bugna, K. 

Dillon, C. Hladik, and J. Gentile; Apalachicola Bay................................................................ 11 

26) Heyl, Mike (Camp Dresser & McKee, now with SWFWMD); Sarasota Bay system (including 

tributaries)................................................................................................................................. 11 

27) Heyl, Mike (Camp Dresser & McKee, now with SWFWMD); middle Sarasota Bay (Ringling to 

Long Bar Point) ........................................................................................................................ 12 

28) Heyl, Mike (Camp Dresser & McKee, now with SWFWMD); Sarasota Bay system (including 

tributaries) from south of Venice jetties to upper Sarasota Bay and including Manatee River 

and all of Manatee County........................................................................................................ 12 

29) Heyl, Mike (Camp Dresser & McKee, now with SWFWMD); Manatee River........................... 12 

30) Huang, Wenrui and W.K. Jones (FSU); Apalachicola Bay.......................................................... 13 

31) Huang, Wenrui (FSU); Choctawhatchee Bay............................................................................... 13 

32) Huang, Wenrui (FSU); St. Andrews Bay...................................................................................... 14 

33) Janicki, Tony (Janicki Environmental); Upper Charlotte Harbor and lower Peace and Myakka 

Rivers........................................................................................................................................ 14 

34) Jones, Galperin, Wu, and Weisberg (USF); Apalachicola Bay .................................................... 14 

35) Kourafalou, Villy (University of Miami/RSMAS); Southwest Florida Shelf (including Florida 

Bay) and Straits of Florida (including the Florida Keys) ......................................................... 15 

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36) Kourafalou, Villy and C. Paris; (UM/RSMAS); Southwest Florida Shelf (including Florida Bay) 

and Straits of Florida (including the Florida Keys).................................................................. 15 

37) Kourafalou, Villy and George Halliwell (UM, RSMAS); Florida Keys Marine Sanctuary, 

Florida Bay and Dry Tortugas Ecological Reserve .................................................................. 16 

38) Kourafalou, Villy and George Halliwell (UM, RSMAS); Northern Gulf of Mexico Shelf 

(includes the Florida Panhandle) .............................................................................................. 16 

39) Kourafalou, Villy and George Halliwell (UM, RSMAS); Intra-America Seas (includes ALL 

coastal areas around the State of Florida)................................................................................. 17 

40) Luther, Mark, S. Meyers, S. Gilbert, V. Subramanian (USF); Tampa Bay estuary ..................... 17 

41) Ly, Le N. (Applied Science International); West Florida Shelf .................................................. 18 

42) Madden, Christopher and Amanda McDonald (South Florida Water Management District); 

Florida Bay .............................................................................................................................. 18 

43) Marchand. J.P. and P. Collins (Camp Dresser & McKee); Sarasota Bay system (including 

tributaries) to south of Venice jetties........................................................................................ 19 

44) Mooers, Christopher & Inkweon Bang (UM); Straits of Florida and East Florida Shelf............. 19 

45) Mooers, Christopher & Jerome Fiechter (UM); Straits of Florida and East Florida Shelf........... 19 

46) Moore, Chuck, Stergio Dendrou and Ray Walton (then at CDM, now at West Consulting); 

Sarasota Bay (and particularly Midnight Pass)......................................................................... 20 

47) Morey, Steve (FSU); Gulf of Mexico........................................................................................... 20 

48) Moustaffa, Zaki (SFWMD); Estero Bay...................................................................................... 21 

49) Moustaffa, Zaki (SFWMD); Florida Bay/Keys............................................................................ 21 

50) Moustaffa, Zaki (SFWMD); South Florida .................................................................................. 21 

51) Moustaffa, Zaki (SFWMD); Naples Bay...................................................................................... 22

52) NOAA National Ocean Service (NOS); St. Johns River.............................................................. 22 

53) Pratt, Thad (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers); Biscayne Bay........................................................ 23 

54) Sheng, Peter (UF); Biscayne Bay ................................................................................................. 23 

55) Sheng, Peter (UF); Caloosahatchee Estuary ................................................................................. 23 

56) Sheng, Peter (UF); Caloosahatchee Estuary ................................................................................. 24 

57) Sheng, Peter (UF); Caloosahatchee Estuary ................................................................................. 24 

58) Sheng, Peter (UF); Charlotte Harbor ............................................................................................ 24 

59) Sheng, Peter (UF); Charlotte Harbor ............................................................................................ 25 

60) Sheng, Peter (UF); Charlotte Harbor ............................................................................................ 25 

61) Sheng, Peter (UF); East Florida Coast, East Florida Shelf, Guana-Tolomato-Matanzas NERR, 

Indian River Lagoon, and St. Johns River................................................................................ 26 

62) Sheng, Peter (UF); Guana-Tolomato-Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve ............... 26 

63) Sheng, Peter (UF); Indian River Lagoon ...................................................................................... 26 

64) Sheng, Peter (UF); Northwest Florida Coast ................................................................................ 27 

65) Sheng, Peter (UF); Sarasota Bay .................................................................................................. 27 

66) Sheng, Peter (UF); Suwannee River, estuary, and coastal waters................................................ 28 

67) Sheng, Peter (UF); Northern Gulf of Mexico ............................................................................... 28

68) Sheng, Peter (UF); St. Johns River............................................................................................... 28 

69) Sheng, Peter (UF); Tampa Bay..................................................................................................... 29 

70) Sheng, Peter (UF); Tampa Bay..................................................................................................... 29 

71) Sheng, Peter (UF); Tampa Bay..................................................................................................... 29 

72) Sheng, Peter (UF); Estero Bay...................................................................................................... 30 

73) Sheng, Peter (UF); Florida Bay .................................................................................................... 30 

74) Sucsy, Pete (SJRWMD) with FDEP and U.S.ACE; Lower SJR basin ........................................ 31 

75) Sucsy, Pete and Morris (SJRWMD); Lower St. Johns River....................................................... 31 

76) Sucsy, Pete and Stewart (SJRWMD); Sebastian River and adjacent Indian River ...................... 31 

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77) Taylor Engineering; St. Augustine Inlet....................................................................................... 32 

78) Unknown; Apalachicola Bay ........................................................................................................ 32 

79) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; South Florida ............................................................................. 33 

80) Vansant; (M.S. Thesis, FSU); Apalachicola Bay ......................................................................... 33 

81) Walsh, John (USF); West Florida Shelf ....................................................................................... 33 

82) Wang, John & Helena Solo-Gabriele (UM, RSMAS/AMP); Biscayne Bay & Hobie Cat Beach 34 

83) Weisberg, Robert H., Lianyuan Zheng, Alex Barth, and Aida Alvera (Ocean Circulation Group, 

USF); Tampa Bay, Charlotte Harbor, and West Florida Shelf................................................. 34 

84) Weisberg, Robert H., Lianyuan Zheng, Alex Barth, and Aida Alvera (Ocean Circulation Group,

USF); Charlotte Harbor estuary system, inclusive of the Caloosahatchee River, Estero Bay, 

and the adjacent Gulf of Mexico............................................................................................... 35 

85) Weisberg, Robert H, Lianyuan Zheng, Alex Barth, and Aida Alvera (Ocean Circulation Group, 

USF); Tampa Bay, Sarasota Bay, Manatee River, Pinellas Co. ICW, and the adjacent WFS . 35 

86) Weisberg, Robert H. and Lianyuan Zheng (Ocean Circulation Group, USF); Rookery Bay, 

Naples Bay, and Henderson Creek, inclusive of the bounding Gulf of Mexico....................... 36 

87) Weisberg, Robert H., Alex Barth, Aida Alvera, and Lianyuan Zheng (Ocean Circulation Group, 

USF); Eastern Gulf of Mexico and West Florida Continental Shelf (WFS) ............................ 36 

88) Weisberg, Robert H., Lianyuan Zheng, Alex Barth, and Aida Alvera (USF); Eastern Gulf of 

Mexico and West Florida Shelf ................................................................................................ 37

Contact Info as of January 2007: .......................................................................................................... 38

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Models Listed by Location

ID # Location.....................................................................................................................................................Modeler......Pg 

Alafia River estuary 

2) Lower Alafia River estuary...............................................................................................................................Chen........1 

3) Lower Alafia River estuary...............................................................................................................................Chen........1 

Apalachicola Bay 

25) Apalachicola Bay.................................................................................................................................Harwell,et al.......11 

30) Apalachicola Bay........................................................................................................................... Huang and Jones......13 

34) Apalachicola Bay..............................................................................................Jones, Galperin, Wu, and Weisberg......14 

78) Apalachicola Bay.......................................................................................................................................Unknown......32 

80) Apalachicola Bay......................................................................................................................................... Vansant......33 

 Biscayne Bay 53) Biscayne Bay .....................................................................................................................................................Pratt......23 

54) Biscayne Bay .................................................................................................................................................. Sheng......23 

82) Biscayne Bay & Hobie Cat Beach....................................................................................... Wang & Solo-Gabriele......34 

Braden River 

4) Manatee and Braden Rivers..............................................................................................................................Chen........2 

 Caloosahatchee Estuary 55) Caloosahatchee Estuary .................................................................................................................................. Sheng......23 

56) Caloosahatchee Estuary .................................................................................................................................. Sheng......24 

57) Caloosahatchee Estuary .................................................................................................................................. Sheng......24 

84) Charlotte Harbor estuary system, inclusive of the Caloosahatchee River... .................................... Weisberg et al.......35 

 Charlotte Harbor 5) Lower Peace River-Lower Myakka River-Upper Charlotte Harbor.................................................................Chen........2 

33) Upper Charlotte Harbor and lower Peace and Myakka Rivers......................................................................Janicki......14 

58) Charlotte Harbor............................................................................................................................................. Sheng......24 

59) Charlotte Harbor............................................................................................................................................. Sheng......25 

60) Charlotte Harbor............................................................................................................................................. Sheng......25 

83) Tampa Bay, Charlotte Harbor, and West Florida Shelf.................................................................... Weisberg et al.......34 

84) Charlotte Harbor estuary system, inclusive of the Caloosahatchee River... ................................... Weisberg. et al.......35 

 Choctawhatchee Bay 31) Choctawhatchee Bay ......................................................................................................................................Huang......13 

 Dry Tortugas 37) Florida Keys Marine Sanctuary, Florida Bay and Dry Tortugas ........................................ Kourafalou & Halliwell......16 

East Florida Coast 

19) Lower St. Johns River and ICW to Matanzas Inlet.........................................................................................Hagen........8 

61) East Florida Coast, East Florida Shelf, Guana-Tolomato-Matanzas NERR,................................................. Sheng......26 

East Florida Shelf 

44) Straits of Florida and East Florida Shelf..........................................................................................Mooers & Bang......19 

45) Straits of Florida and East Florida Shelf.....................................................................................Mooers & Fiechter......19 

 Escambia Bay 16) Escambia Bay .................................................................................................................................................Hagen........7 

 Estero Bay 48) Estero Bay.................................................................................................................................................Moustaffa......21 

72) Estero Bay....................................................................................................................................................... Sheng......30 

84) Charlotte Harbor estuary system, inclusive of ... Estero Bay, ........................................................ Weisberg et al.......35 

 Florida Bay 35) Southwest Florida Shelf (including Florida Bay) and Straits of Florida................................................ Kourafalou......15 

36) Southwest Florida Shelf (including Florida Bay) and Straits of Florida................................... Kourafalou & Paris......15 

37) Florida Keys Marine Sanctuary, Florida Bay and ...........................................................Kourafalou and Halliwell......16 

42) Florida Bay .........................................................................................................................Madden and McDonald......18 

49) Florida Bay/Keys......................................................................................................................................Moustaffa......21 

73) Florida Bay ..................................................................................................................................................... Sheng......30 

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ID # Location.....................................................................................................................................................Modeler......Pg 

 Florida Keys 35) Southwest Florida Shelf... and Straits of Florida (including the Florida Keys)..................................... Kourafalou......15 

36) Southwest Florida Shelf... and Straits of Florida (including the Florida Keys)........................ Kourafalou & Paris......15 

37) Florida Keys Marine Sanctuary, Florida Bay and Dry Tortugas... ..................................Kourafalou and Halliwell......16 

49) Florida Bay/Keys......................................................................................................................................Moustaffa......21 

 Guana-Tolomato-Matanzas 61) East Florida Coast, East Florida Shelf, Guana-Tolomato-Matanzas NERR, ................................................ Sheng......26 

62) Guana-Tolomato-Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve ................................................................ Sheng......26 

 Gulf of Mexico 14) Gulf of Mexico and ?? ..............................................................................................................................Graber (?)........6 

22) Gulf of Mexico .......................................................................................................Halliwell, Kourafalou and Shay......10 

38) Northern Gulf of Mexico Shelf (includes the Florida Panhandle)....................................Kourafalou and Halliwell......16 

47) Gulf of Mexico ...............................................................................................................................................Morey......20 

67) Northern Gulf of Mexico ...............................................................................................................................Sheng)......28 

87) Eastern Gulf of Mexico and West Florida Continental Shelf (WFS)...............Weisberg, Barth, Alvera, and Zheng......36 

88) Eastern Gulf of Mexico and West Florida Shelf..............................................Weisberg, Zheng, Barth, and Alvera......37 

Hillsborough River estuary 

6) Lower Hillsborough River estuary....................................................................................................................Chen........2 

Indian River Lagoon 

61) East Florida Coast, East Florida Shelf, ... Indian River Lagoon, and St. Johns River ................................... Sheng......26 

63) Indian River Lagoon ....................................................................................................................................... Sheng......26 

76) Sebastian River and adjacent Indian River ..................................................................................Sucsy and Stewart......31 

 Intra-America Seas 39) Intra-America Seas (includes ALL coastal areas around the State of Florida).................Kourafalou and Halliwell......17 

Intracoastal Waterway, Atlantic 

15) Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.......................................................................................................................Hagen........6 

19) Lower St. Johns River and ICW to Matanzas Inlet.........................................................................................Hagen........8 

Intracoastal Waterway, Gulf of Mexico 

85) Tampa Bay, Sarasota Bay, Manatee River, Pinellas Co. ICW, and................Weisberg, Zheng, Barth, and Alvera......35 

Lake Worth Lagoon 

8) Lake Worth Lagoon..........................................................................................................Crigger, Graves and Fike........3 

Little Sarasota Bay 

13) Little Sarasota Bay...................................................................................................................................... Erickson........5 

Loxahatchee River Estuary 

17) Loxahatchee River Estuary.............................................................................................................................Hagen........7 

 Manatee River 4) Manatee and Braden Rivers..............................................................................................................................Chen........2 

28) Sarasota Bay system (including tributaries) ... and including Manatee River and all of Manatee County .......Heyl......12 

29) Manatee River....................................................................................................................................................Heyl......12 

85) Tampa Bay, Sarasota Bay, Manatee River, Pinellas Co. ICW, and ...............Weisberg, Zheng, Barth, and Alvera......35 

 Myakka River 1) Myakka River ..............................................................................................................................................Bottcher........1 

5) Lower Peace River-Lower Myakka River-Upper Charlotte Harbor.................................................................Chen........2 

33) Upper Charlotte Harbor and lower Peace and Myakka Rivers......................................................................Janicki......14 

 Naples Bay 7) Northern Atlantic coastal basin...................................................................................................................Christian........3 

38) Northern Gulf of Mexico Shelf (includes the Florida Panhandle)....................................Kourafalou and Halliwell......16 

51) Naples Bay................................................................................................................................................Moustaffa......22 

64) Northwest Florida Coast................................................................................................................................. Sheng......27 

67) Northern Gulf of Mexico ................................................................................................................................ Sheng......28 

86) Rookery Bay, Naples Bay, and Henderson Creek, ... ............................................................. Weisberg and Zheng......36 

 Peace River 5) Lower Peace River-Lower Myakka River-Upper Charlotte Harbor.................................................................Chen........2 

33) Upper Charlotte Harbor and lower Peace and Myakka Rivers......................................................................Janicki......14 

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ID # Location.....................................................................................................................................................Modeler......Pg 

 Rookery Bay 86) Rookery Bay, Naples Bay, and Henderson Creek, ... ............................................................. Weisberg and Zheng......36 

 Sarasota Bay 9) Sarasota County Bays...........................................................................................................................Cunningham........4 

11) Tampa Bay to south of Venice jetties............................................................................................................Driscol........5 

13) Little Sarasota Bay...................................................................................................................................... Erickson........5 

26) Sarasota Bay system (including tributaries).......................................................................................................Heyl......11 

27) Middle Sarasota Bay (Ringling to Long Bar Point)...........................................................................................Heyl......12 

28) Sarasota Bay system (including tributaries) from south of Venice jetties to upper Sarasota Bay ... ................Heyl......12 

43) Sarasota Bay system (including tributaries) to south of Venice jetties..................................Marchand and Collins......19 

46) Sarasota Bay (and particularly Midnight Pass)........................................................... Moore, Dendrou and Walton......20 

65) Sarasota Bay ................................................................................................................................................... Sheng......27 

85) Tampa Bay, Sarasota Bay, Manatee River, Pinellas Co. ICW, and................Weisberg, Zheng, Barth, and Alvera......35 

 Sebastian River 76) Sebastian River and adjacent Indian River ..................................................................................Sucsy and Stewart......31 

 South Florida 50) South Florida ............................................................................................................................................Moustaffa......21 

79) South Florida ........................................................................................................... U.S. Army Corps of Engineers......33 

Southwest Florida Shelf 

35) Southwest Florida Shelf (including Florida Bay) and Straits of Florida (including the Florida Keys)... Kourafalou......15 

36) Southwest Florida Shelf (including Florida Bay) and Straits of Florida.................................Kourafalou and Paris......15 

St. Andrews Bay 

32) St. Andrews Bay .............................................................................................................................................Huang......14 

 St. Augustine 77) St. Augustine Inlet ..................................................................................................................... Taylor Engineering......32 

St. Johns River 

19) Lower St. Johns River and ICW to Matanzas Inlet.........................................................................................Hagen........8 

52) St. Johns River.............................................................................................NOAA National Ocean Service (NOS)......22 

61) East Florida Coast, East Florida Shelf,... Indian River Lagoon, and St. Johns River .................................... Sheng......26 

68) St. Johns River................................................................................................................................................ Sheng......28 

74) Lower SJR basin..............................................................................................................................................Sucsy......31 

75) Lower St. Johns River................................................................................................................... Sucsy and Morris......31 

Straits of Florida 

35) Southwest Florida Shelf (including Florida Bay) and Straits of Florida (including the Florida Keys)... Kourafalou......15 

36) Southwest Florida Shelf... and Straits of Florida (including the Florida Keys)......................Kourafalou and Paris......15 

44) Straits of Florida and East Florida Shelf..........................................................................................Mooers & Bang......19 

45) Straits of Florida and East Florida Shelf.....................................................................................Mooers & Fiechter......19 

Suwannee River and Estuary 

12) Suwannee River and Estuary ............................................................................................. Dynamic Solutions LLC........5 

66) Suwannee River, estuary, and coastal waters ................................................................................................. Sheng......28 

 Tampa Bay 10) Tampa Bay.................................................................................................................Danish Hydraulic Inst, USGS........4 

11) Tampa Bay to south of Venice jetties............................................................................................................Driscol........5 

21) Tampa Bay......................................................................................................................................................Hagen........9 

40) Tampa Bay estuary .................................................................................Luther, Meyers, Gilbert and Subramanian......17 

69) Tampa Bay...................................................................................................................................................... Sheng......29 

70) Tampa Bay...................................................................................................................................................... Sheng......29 

71) Tampa Bay...................................................................................................................................................... Sheng......29 

83) Tampa Bay, Charlotte Harbor, and West Florida Shelf..................................Weisberg., Zheng, Barth, and Alvera......34 

85) Tampa Bay, Sarasota Bay, Manatee River, Pinellas Co. ICW, and ...............Weisberg, Zheng, Barth, and Alvera......35 

West Florida Shelf 

23) West Florida Shelf............................................................................................................. Halliwell and Olascoaga......10 

24) West Florida Shelf north of the Keys ........................................................................................................ Halliwell......10 

41) West Florida Shelf................................................................................................................................................Ly......18 

81) West Florida Shelf..........................................................................................................................................Walsh......33 

83) Tampa Bay, Charlotte Harbor, and West Florida Shelf...................................Weisberg, Zheng, Barth, and Alvera......34 

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ID # Location.....................................................................................................................................................Modeler......Pg 

West Florida Shelf (concluded) 

85) Tampa Bay, Sarasota Bay, Manatee River, ..., and the adjacent WFS............Weisberg, Zheng, Barth, and Alvera......35 

87) Eastern Gulf of Mexico and West Florida Continental Shelf (WFS)...............Weisberg, Barth, Alvera, and Zheng......36 

88) Eastern Gulf of Mexico and West Florida Shelf..............................................Weisberg, Zheng, Barth, and Alvera......37 

 Western Atlantic 18) Western Atlantic .............................................................................................................................................Hagen........8 

20) Western Atlantic .............................................................................................................................................Hagen........9

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Models Listed Generally From West to East

ID # Location.....................................................................................................................................................Modeler......Pg 

 Intra-America Seas 39) Intra-America Seas (includes ALL coastal areas around the State of Florida).................Kourafalou and Halliwell......17 

 Gulf of Mexico 14) Gulf of Mexico and ?? ..............................................................................................................................Graber (?)........6 

22) Gulf of Mexico .......................................................................................................Halliwell, Kourafalou and Shay......10 

38) Northern Gulf of Mexico Shelf (includes the Florida Panhandle)....................................Kourafalou and Halliwell......16 

47) Gulf of Mexico ...............................................................................................................................................Morey......20 

67) Northern Gulf of Mexico ...............................................................................................................................Sheng)......28 

87) Eastern Gulf of Mexico and West Florida Continental Shelf (WFS)...............Weisberg, Barth, Alvera, and Zheng......36 

88) Eastern Gulf of Mexico and West Florida Shelf..............................................Weisberg, Zheng, Barth, and Alvera......37 

 Escambia Bay 16) Escambia Bay .................................................................................................................................................Hagen........7 

 Choctawhatchee Bay 31) Choctawhatchee Bay ......................................................................................................................................Huang......13 

St. Andrews Bay 

32) St. Andrews Bay .............................................................................................................................................Huang......14 

Apalachicola Bay 

25) Apalachicola Bay.................................................................................................................................Harwell,et al.......11 

30) Apalachicola Bay........................................................................................................................... Huang and Jones......13 

34) Apalachicola Bay..............................................................................................Jones, Galperin, Wu, and Weisberg......14 

78) Apalachicola Bay.......................................................................................................................................Unknown......32 

80) Apalachicola Bay......................................................................................................................................... Vansant......33 

Suwannee River and Estuary 

12) Suwannee River and Estuary ............................................................................................. Dynamic Solutions LLC........5 

66) Suwannee River, estuary, and coastal waters ................................................................................................. Sheng......28 

Hillsborough River estuary 

6) Lower Hillsborough River estuary....................................................................................................................Chen........2 

 Tampa Bay 10) Tampa Bay.................................................................................................................Danish Hydraulic Inst, USGS........4 

11) Tampa Bay to south of Venice jetties............................................................................................................Driscol........5 

21) Tampa Bay......................................................................................................................................................Hagen........9 

40) Tampa Bay estuary .................................................................................Luther, Meyers, Gilbert and Subramanian......17 

69) Tampa Bay...................................................................................................................................................... Sheng......29 

70) Tampa Bay...................................................................................................................................................... Sheng......29 

71) Tampa Bay...................................................................................................................................................... Sheng......29 

83) Tampa Bay, Charlotte Harbor, and West Florida Shelf..................................Weisberg., Zheng, Barth, and Alvera......34 

85) Tampa Bay, Sarasota Bay, Manatee River, Pinellas Co. ICW, and ...............Weisberg, Zheng, Barth, and Alvera......35 

Alafia River estuary 

2) Lower Alafia River estuary...............................................................................................................................Chen........1 

3) Lower Alafia River estuary...............................................................................................................................Chen........1 

 Manatee River 4) Manatee and Braden Rivers..............................................................................................................................Chen........2 

28) Sarasota Bay system (including tributaries) ... and including Manatee River and all of Manatee County .......Heyl......12 

29) Manatee River....................................................................................................................................................Heyl......12 

85) Tampa Bay, Sarasota Bay, Manatee River, Pinellas Co. ICW, and ...............Weisberg, Zheng, Barth, and Alvera......35 

Intracoastal Waterway, Gulf of Mexico 

85) Tampa Bay, Sarasota Bay, Manatee River, Pinellas Co. ICW, and................Weisberg, Zheng, Barth, and Alvera......35 

Braden River 

4) Manatee and Braden Rivers..............................................................................................................................Chen........2 

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ID # Location.....................................................................................................................................................Modeler......Pg 

 Sarasota Bay 9) Sarasota County Bays...........................................................................................................................Cunningham........4 

11) Tampa Bay to south of Venice jetties............................................................................................................Driscol........5 

13) Little Sarasota Bay...................................................................................................................................... Erickson........5 

26) Sarasota Bay system (including tributaries).......................................................................................................Heyl......11 

27) Middle Sarasota Bay (Ringling to Long Bar Point)...........................................................................................Heyl......12 

28) Sarasota Bay system (including tributaries) from south of Venice jetties to upper Sarasota Bay ... ................Heyl......12 

43) Sarasota Bay system (including tributaries) to south of Venice jetties..................................Marchand and Collins......19 

46) Sarasota Bay (and particularly Midnight Pass)........................................................... Moore, Dendrou and Walton......20 

65) Sarasota Bay ................................................................................................................................................... Sheng......27 

85) Tampa Bay, Sarasota Bay, Manatee River, Pinellas Co. ICW, and................Weisberg, Zheng, Barth, and Alvera......35 

Little Sarasota Bay 

13) Little Sarasota Bay...................................................................................................................................... Erickson........5 

 Myakka River 1) Myakka River ..............................................................................................................................................Bottcher........1 

5) Lower Peace River-Lower Myakka River-Upper Charlotte Harbor.................................................................Chen........2 

33) Upper Charlotte Harbor and lower Peace and Myakka Rivers......................................................................Janicki......14 

 Peace River 5) Lower Peace River-Lower Myakka River-Upper Charlotte Harbor.................................................................Chen........2 

33) Upper Charlotte Harbor and lower Peace and Myakka Rivers......................................................................Janicki......14 

 Charlotte Harbor 5) Lower Peace River-Lower Myakka River-Upper Charlotte Harbor.................................................................Chen........2 

33) Upper Charlotte Harbor and lower Peace and Myakka Rivers......................................................................Janicki......14 

58) Charlotte Harbor............................................................................................................................................. Sheng......24 

59) Charlotte Harbor............................................................................................................................................. Sheng......25 

60) Charlotte Harbor............................................................................................................................................. Sheng......25 

83) Tampa Bay, Charlotte Harbor, and West Florida Shelf.................................................................... Weisberg et al.......34 

84) Charlotte Harbor estuary system, inclusive of the Caloosahatchee River... ................................... Weisberg. et al.......35 

 Caloosahatchee Estuary 55) Caloosahatchee Estuary .................................................................................................................................. Sheng......23 

56) Caloosahatchee Estuary .................................................................................................................................. Sheng......24 

57) Caloosahatchee Estuary .................................................................................................................................. Sheng......24 

84) Charlotte Harbor estuary system, inclusive of the Caloosahatchee River... .................................... Weisberg et al.......35 

 Rookery Bay 86) Rookery Bay, Naples Bay, and Henderson Creek, ... ............................................................. Weisberg and Zheng......36 

 Estero Bay 48) Estero Bay.................................................................................................................................................Moustaffa......21 

72) Estero Bay....................................................................................................................................................... Sheng......30 

84) Charlotte Harbor estuary system, inclusive of ... Estero Bay, ........................................................ Weisberg et al.......35 

 Naples Bay 7) Northern Atlantic coastal basin...................................................................................................................Christian........3 

38) Northern Gulf of Mexico Shelf (includes the Florida Panhandle)....................................Kourafalou and Halliwell......16 

51) Naples Bay................................................................................................................................................Moustaffa......22 

64) Northwest Florida Coast................................................................................................................................. Sheng......27 

67) Northern Gulf of Mexico ................................................................................................................................ Sheng......28 

86) Rookery Bay, Naples Bay, and Henderson Creek, ... ............................................................. Weisberg and Zheng......36 

West Florida Shelf 

23) West Florida Shelf............................................................................................................. Halliwell and Olascoaga......10 

24) West Florida Shelf north of the Keys ........................................................................................................ Halliwell......10 

41) West Florida Shelf................................................................................................................................................Ly......18 

81) West Florida Shelf..........................................................................................................................................Walsh......33 

83) Tampa Bay, Charlotte Harbor, and West Florida Shelf...................................Weisberg, Zheng, Barth, and Alvera......34 

85) Tampa Bay, Sarasota Bay, Manatee River, ..., and the adjacent WFS............Weisberg, Zheng, Barth, and Alvera......35 

87) Eastern Gulf of Mexico and West Florida Continental Shelf (WFS)...............Weisberg, Barth, Alvera, and Zheng......36 

88) Eastern Gulf of Mexico and West Florida Shelf..............................................Weisberg, Zheng, Barth, and Alvera......37 

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ID # Location.....................................................................................................................................................Modeler......Pg 

Southwest Florida Shelf 

35) Southwest Florida Shelf (including Florida Bay) and Straits of Florida (including the Florida Keys)... Kourafalou......15 

36) Southwest Florida Shelf (including Florida Bay) and Straits of Florida.................................Kourafalou and Paris......15 

 South Florida 50) South Florida ............................................................................................................................................Moustaffa......21 

79) South Florida ........................................................................................................... U.S. Army Corps of Engineers......33 

 Florida Bay 35) Southwest Florida Shelf (including Florida Bay) and Straits of Florida................................................ Kourafalou......15 

36) Southwest Florida Shelf (including Florida Bay) and Straits of Florida................................... Kourafalou & Paris......15 

37) Florida Keys Marine Sanctuary, Florida Bay and ...........................................................Kourafalou and Halliwell......16 

42) Florida Bay .........................................................................................................................Madden and McDonald......18 

49) Florida Bay/Keys......................................................................................................................................Moustaffa......21 

73) Florida Bay ..................................................................................................................................................... Sheng......30 

 Dry Tortugas 37) Florida Keys Marine Sanctuary, Florida Bay and Dry Tortugas ........................................ Kourafalou & Halliwell......16 

 Florida Keys 35) Southwest Florida Shelf... and Straits of Florida (including the Florida Keys)..................................... Kourafalou......15 

36) Southwest Florida Shelf... and Straits of Florida (including the Florida Keys)........................ Kourafalou & Paris......15 

37) Florida Keys Marine Sanctuary, Florida Bay and Dry Tortugas... ..................................Kourafalou and Halliwell......16 

49) Florida Bay/Keys......................................................................................................................................Moustaffa......21 

Straits of Florida 

35) Southwest Florida Shelf (including Florida Bay) and Straits of Florida (including the Florida Keys)... Kourafalou......15 

36) Southwest Florida Shelf... and Straits of Florida (including the Florida Keys)......................Kourafalou and Paris......15 

44) Straits of Florida and East Florida Shelf..........................................................................................Mooers & Bang......19 

45) Straits of Florida and East Florida Shelf.....................................................................................Mooers & Fiechter......19 

Biscayne Bay 

53) Biscayne Bay .....................................................................................................................................................Pratt......23 

54) Biscayne Bay .................................................................................................................................................. Sheng......23 

82) Biscayne Bay & Hobie Cat Beach....................................................................................... Wang & Solo-Gabriele......34 

Lake Worth Lagoon 

8) Lake Worth Lagoon..........................................................................................................Crigger, Graves and Fike........3 

Loxahatchee River Estuary 

17) Loxahatchee River Estuary.............................................................................................................................Hagen........7 

 Sebastian River 76) Sebastian River and adjacent Indian River ..................................................................................Sucsy and Stewart......31 

Indian River Lagoon 

61) East Florida Coast, East Florida Shelf, ... Indian River Lagoon, and St. Johns River ................................... Sheng......26 

63) Indian River Lagoon ....................................................................................................................................... Sheng......26 

76) Sebastian River and adjacent Indian River ..................................................................................Sucsy and Stewart......31 

 St. Augustine 77) St. Augustine Inlet ..................................................................................................................... Taylor Engineering......32 

 Guana-Tolomato-Matanzas 61) East Florida Coast, East Florida Shelf, Guana-Tolomato-Matanzas NERR, ................................................ Sheng......26 

62) Guana-Tolomato-Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve ................................................................ Sheng......26 

St. Johns River 

19) Lower St. Johns River and ICW to Matanzas Inlet.........................................................................................Hagen........8 

52) St. Johns River.............................................................................................NOAA National Ocean Service (NOS)......22 

61) East Florida Coast, East Florida Shelf,... Indian River Lagoon, and St. Johns River .................................... Sheng......26 

68) St. Johns River................................................................................................................................................ Sheng......28 

74) Lower SJR basin..............................................................................................................................................Sucsy......31 

75) Lower St. Johns River................................................................................................................... Sucsy and Morris......31 

Intracoastal Waterway, Atlantic 

15) Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.......................................................................................................................Hagen........6 

19) Lower St. Johns River and ICW to Matanzas Inlet.........................................................................................Hagen........8 

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ID # Location.....................................................................................................................................................Modeler......Pg 

East Florida Coast 

19) Lower St. Johns River and ICW to Matanzas Inlet.........................................................................................Hagen........8 

61) East Florida Coast, East Florida Shelf, Guana-Tolomato-Matanzas NERR,................................................. Sheng......26 

East Florida Shelf 

44) Straits of Florida and East Florida Shelf..........................................................................................Mooers & Bang......19 

45) Straits of Florida and East Florida Shelf.....................................................................................Mooers & Fiechter......19 

 Western Atlantic 18) Western Atlantic .............................................................................................................................................Hagen........8 

20) Western Atlantic .............................................................................................................................................Hagen........9

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Model ID # List of models

1) 1. Bottcher, Del (Soil and Water Engineering Technology, Inc.)

2.      Water Body:  Myakka River

3.       Model Name: Watershed Assessment Model (WAM)

4.       Model Type:  Watershed Runoff and Pollutant Loading Model

5.       Model Domain:

a)     Inshore distance : NA

b) Offshore distance : NA

c) Alongshore distance: NA

6.       Year of Model Development/Application:  2001

7.       Model Grid:     

a)     Grid type:  Fixed  

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max): 100m x 100m

8.       Purpose of Model:  Used to calculate runoff and nutrient loads from the basin for EPA’s Myakka River

TMDLs.

9.       Simulation Period: 1985‐2000

10.     Validation with Data:  ??

11.     Used for Forecasting:  No

12. Comments: Constructed under contract to EPA.  Kevin Petrus is FDEP contact.

2) 1. Chen, XinJian (SWFWMD)

2. Water Body:   Lower Alafia River estuary (a major tributary to Tampa Bay)

3. Model Name:  Lower Alafia River #1

4. Model Type:  LAMFE

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: About 16 miles, from the mouth up to the USGS Lithia flow station

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  2001 ‐ 2006

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  Hybrid, boundary‐fitted

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  100 ‐ 400 m horizontal, 0.3 ‐ 1.6m vertical

8. Purpose of Model:   Minimum Flows and Levels

9. Simulation Period:  4.6 years

10. Validation with Data?:  Yes

11. Used for Forecasting?:  No

3) 1. Chen, XinJian (SWFWMD)

2. Water Body:   Lower Alafia River estuary (a major tributary to Tampa Bay)

3. Model Name:  Lower Alafia River #2

4. Model Type:  LESS3D

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: Most downstream 4.5km

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  1999 ‐ 2003

7. Model Grid:   

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a) Grid type:  Hybrid (structured‐unstructured), boundary‐fitted (dynamically tracking shoreline)

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  100 ‐ 400 m horizontal, 0.3 ‐ 1.6m vertical

8. Purpose of Model:   Minimum Flows and Levels

9. Simulation Period: 10.5 months

10. Validation with Data?:  Yes

11. Used for Forecasting?:  No

4) 1. Chen, XinJian (SWFWMD)

2. Water Body: Manatee and Braden Rivers (Manatee River is a major tributary to Tampa

Bay)

3. Model Name:  Dynamically Coupled LESS3D ‐ LAMFE

4. Model Type:  ??

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance:  From the Manatee River mouth to Lake Manatee and to Bill Evers Reservoir.

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  Underway

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  Hybrid (structured‐unstructured), boundary‐fitted (dynamically tracking shoreline)

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  100 ‐ 500 m horizontal, 0.3 ‐ 1.0m vertical

8. Purpose of Model:   Minimum Flows and Levels

9. Simulation Period:  About 1.5 years

10. Validation with Data?:  Underway

11. Used for Forecasting?:  No

5) 1. Chen, XinJian (SWFWMD)

2. Water Body:  Lower Peace River ‐ Lower Myakka River ‐ Upper Charlotte Harbor

3. Model Name:  Lower Peace #1

4. Model Type:  Dynamically Coupled LESS3D ‐ LAMFE

5. Model Domain:   

a) Inshore distance: From SWFWMD ‐ SFWMD boundary up to the USGS Arcadia station into the Peace

River and almost to Myakka Lake into the Myakka River. Shell Creek and Myakkahatchee are also included

in the domain.

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  2003 ‐ 2006

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  Hybrid (structured‐unstructured), boundary‐fitted (dynamically tracking shoreline)

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  100 ‐ 500 m horizontal, 0.3 ‐ 1.0m vertical

8. Purpose of Model:   Minimum Flows and Levels

9. Simulation Period:  1.1 years and 4 years

10. Validation with Data?:  Yes

11. Used for Forecasting?:  No

6) 1. Chen, XinJian (SWFWMD)

2. Water Body:    Lower Hillsborough River estuary (a major tributary to Tampa Bay)  

3. Model Name:  LAMFE

4. Model Type:

5. Model Domain:   

a) Inshore distance:    ~ 10 miles, from the river mouth up to the Tampa Dam

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b) Offshore distance:    0   

c) Alongshore distance:    0

6. Year of Model Development/Application:    1995 ‐ 1998, 2002 ‐ 2005

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:    Hybrid, boundary‐fitted

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):    100 ‐ 500 m horizontal, 0.3 ‐ 1m vertical

8. Purpose of Model:    Minimum Flows and Levels

9. Simulation Period:    3.87 years

10. Validation with Data?:    Yes

11. Used for Forecasting?:    No

7) 1. Christian, Dave (SJRWMD)

2. Water Body:  Northern Atlantic coastal basin

3. Model Name:  ??

4. Model Type:  EFDC

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  in production

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  ??

8. Purpose of Model:   ??

9. Simulation Period:  ??

10. Validation with Data?:  ??

11. Used for Forecasting?:  ??

12. Comments:

8) 1. Crigger, Diane, Greg Graves, and Dana Fike (FDEP)

2. Water Body:  Lake Worth Lagoon

3. Model Name:  Conceptual ecological model

4. Model Type:  NA

5. Model Domain:   

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  ??

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  NA

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  NA

8. Purpose of Model:   examine cause‐and‐effect relationships of flora and fauna to human‐induced and

natural conditions within the system

9. Simulation Period:  NA

10. Validation with Data?:  NA

11. Used for Forecasting?:  NA

12. Comments:  **Not a computer model** Altered hydrology of the system allows massive freshwater

discharges into the lagoon, which exit via two ocean inlets and influence continental reef systems.

These discharges carry large influxes of nutrients, suspended and dissolved organic matter,

contaminants, and toxins into the lagoon, affecting the flora and fauna. Additional pressures in this

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urbanized coastal area include boating and fishing pressures, as well as loss of natural habitat

through physical alterations to the system. A conceptual ecological model of the cause‐and‐effect

relationships of flora and fauna to human‐induced and natural conditions within the system was

developed. The model consists of ecosystem external drivers and ecological stressors, ecological

attributes, and ecological effects, and presents research hypotheses, including the effects of altered

volume, timing and distribution of fresh water relative to seagrasses, macroinvertebrates, salinity,

fishes, nutrients, toxins, suspended solids, and dissolved organic loads that will assist in the

development of a quantitative hydrodynamic model for this system.

9) 1. Cunningham, Brett (Jones Edmunds & Associates, Inc.)

2. Water Body:  Bays in Sarasota County

3. Model Name:  Spatially Integrated Model for Pollutant Loading Estimates

4. Model Type:  ??

5. Model Domain: One model was developed for all of Sarasota County and another was extended into

Manatee County to pick up the remainder of the Sarasota Bay watershed.

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  2005

7. Model Grid:  not applicable

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  ??

8. Purpose of Model:   Pollutant loading

9. Simulation Period:  Seasonal and annual loading ‐ monthly for approximately 15 years in next phase

10. Validation with Data?:  Upcoming phase

11. Used for Forecasting?:  Yes, but not in the same context as most other models in this list

12. Comments: Per Gary Raulerson, Sarasota Bay Estuary Program: This is a GIS‐based pollutant loading

model for Sarasota County, which the SBEP extended to Anna Maria.  JEA (I think with PBSJ as a sub)

is doing ground‐truthing to build on the first year’s work.  So far the northern portion of Sarasota Bay

has not been added.  Work should be complete in 2007.

10) 1. Danish Hydraulic Inst, USGS

2. Water Body:  Tampa Bay

3. Model Name:  ??

4. Model Type: finite volume, flexible mesh MIKE 3 FM, finite volume model with 3D hydrodynamic

module, fine sediment transport module (MIKE 3 MT) dynamically coupled to the HD model, and

ecological module based on ECOLab for Tampa Bay, FLA.

5. Model Domain: covers the Tampa Bay and adjacent parts of the Mexican Gulf.

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  ??

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  ??

8. Purpose of Model:   establish a general management tool for Tampa Bay; sediment module is being

focused on describing suspended sediment transport with relation to the navigational system within

the bay.  The ecological module has the aim of describing possible consequences of man‐made

activities on the ecosystem of the bay.

9. Simulation Period:  ??

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10. Validation with Data?:  ??

11. Used for Forecasting?:  ??

12. Editor’s comments: The model will be linked to a large scale Caribbean Model through boundary

conditions.

11) 1. Driscol, Andy (Danish Hydraulic Institute)

2. Water Body:  Tampa Bay to somewhere south of Venice jetties  

3. Model Name:  MikeShe

4. Model Type:  

5. Model Domain: Tampa Bay to somewhere south of Venice Jetties and “way out in the Gulf”

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  late 1999 or early 2000

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  ??

8. Purpose of Model:   focus was re‐opening of Midnight Pass

9. Simulation Period:  ??

10. Validation with Data?:  ??

11. Used for Forecasting?:  ??

12. Editor’s comments: Per Mike Heyl, SFWMD: used some of Peter Shengʹs tower data that was funded by

EPA and SBNEP.

12) 1. Dynamic Solutions LLC

2. Water Body:  Suwannee River and Estuary

3. Model Name:  EFDC_Explorer

4. Model Type:  EFDC Hydrodynamic and Salinity Model; 3‐D hydrodynamic and water quality model

of salinity

5. Model Domain:  

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:   

7. Model Grid:  included 15 miles of the Suwannee River, ~28 miles of shore line and extended ~18 miles

offshore into the Gulf of Mexico and Suwannee Sound.

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  ??

8. Purpose of Model:   ??

9. Simulation Period:  ??

10. Validation with Data?:  Yes

11. Used for Forecasting?:  ??

12. Comments: for USGS; model was successfully calibrated to historical records of flow and salinity.

13) 1. Erickson, Karen (Ericson Consulting Engineers)

2. Water Body:  Little Sarasota Bay (and maybe a little farther north and south).

3. Model Name:  ??

4. Model Type:  circulation model

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: ??

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b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:   

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  ??

8. Purpose of Model:   ??

9. Simulation Period:  ??

10. Validation with Data?:  ??

11. Used for Forecasting?:  ??

12. Comments:  Per Gary Raulerson, Sarasota Bay EP: part of Sarasota County’s permit application to re‐

open Midnight Pass

14) 1. Graber (?), Hans

2. Water Body:  Gulf of Mexico and ??

3. Model Name:  WindGen; WAM Cycle 4.2; ADCIRC coupled models

4. Model Type:   

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  ??

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  

A)  High resolution wind fields from WindGen at 10 km grid spacing from 5 N to 54 N and 30 W

to 100 W

B) High resolution wave fields from WAM Cycle 4.2 at 20 km resolution basin wide and with

nesting to 1 km resolution at select areas such as Tampa Bay for example over a grid from 5 N to

54 N and 30 W to 100 W

C) Storm surge predictions with ADCIRC coupled to wave with grid spacing of 10ʹs km in the

open ocean and 100ʹs m near the coast covering the area 5 N to 54 N and 50 W to 100 W

8. Purpose of Model:   NOPP project on Hurricane Forecasting, realtime wind, wave, surge models

9. Simulation Period:  ??

10. Validation with Data?:  ??

11. Used for Forecasting?:  Yes

12. Comments: we run in realtime the above coupled models with time steps of every 15 minutes.

15) 1. Hagen, Scott (UCF)

2. Water Body:  Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIW)  

3. Model Name:  Three versions of the AIW model exist: 1) Inlet‐based; 2) Shelf‐based; 3) The full Western

North Atlantic Tidal (WNAT) model domain.

4. Model Type:  2D model of astronomic tides with wind/pressure forcings (including hurricane storm

surge) and inflows

5. Model Domain:   The entire AIW for the east coast of Florida from south of Lake Worth inlet into

southern Georgia and including the St. Johns River through Lake George

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  2006

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7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  ??

8. Purpose of Model:  

9. Simulation Period:  ??

10. Validation with Data?:  ??

11. Used for Forecasting?:  ??

12. Comments:  Computations for the AIW models are performed with a depth‐integrated, finite element

model of astronomic tides with wind/pressure forcing including riverine inflows as prescribed.  Note

that the code is parallelized and implemented on state‐of‐the‐art computing clusters.  In addition the

model can be coupled to a wave model through wave radiation stress terms.

16) 1. Hagen, Scott (UCF)

2. Water Body:  Escambia Bay

3. Model Name:  ??

4. Model Type:   2D model of astronomic tides with wind/pressure forcings (including hurricane storm

surge) and inflows

5. Model Domain:  The model includes the Pensacola Pass, Pensacola Bay, Escambia Bay, Blackwater Bay

and East Bay

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application: 2006

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  ??

8. Purpose of Model:   ??

9. Simulation Period:  ??

10. Validation with Data?:  ??

11. Used for Forecasting?:  ??

12. Comments:  The model is connected to two adjacent bay systems via a Gulf Intracoastal Waterway:

Perdido Bay to the west and Choctawatchee Bay to the east.  The topography of the barrier islands is

described to permit overtopping during high surges.  Three versions of the Escambia Bay model exist:

1) Inlet‐based; 2) Shelf‐based; 3) The full Western North Atlantic Tidal (WNAT) model domain.  

Computations for the Escambia Bay models are performed with a depth‐integrated, finite element

model of astronomic tides with wind/pressure forcing including overland inflows as prescribed.  

Note that the code is parallelized and implemented on state‐of‐the‐art computing clusters.  In

addition the model can be coupled to a wave model through wave radiation stress terms.

17) 1. Hagen, Scott (UCF)

2. Water Body:  Loxahatchee River Estuary

3. Model Name:  ??

4. Model Type:  2D model of astronomic tides with wind/pressure forcings (including hurricane storm

surge) and inflows.

5. Model Domain:  entire Loxahatchee Estuary including tidal flats and the AIW (through the southern

portion of the Indian River lagoon) to Fort Pierce Inlet and beyond Lake Worth Inlet, to the north and

south, respectively.  In addition, a version with the full Western North Atlantic Tidal (WNAT) model

domain is available.  

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

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c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application: 2006

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  ??

8. Purpose of Model:   ??

9. Simulation Period:  ??

10. Validation with Data?:  ??

11. Used for Forecasting?:  ??

12. Comments:  The computations are performed with a depth‐integrated, finite element model of

astronomic tides with wind/pressure forcing including riverine inflows as prescribed.  Note that the

code is parallelized and implemented on state‐of‐the‐art computing clusters.  In addition the model

can be coupled to a wave model through wave radiation stress terms.

18) 1. Hagen, Scott (UCF)

2. Water Body:  Western North Atlantic

3. Model Name:  Western North Atlantic Tidal (WNAT)

4. Model Type:  depth‐integrated, finite element, 2D model of astronomic tides with wind/pressure

forcings (including hurricane storm surge) and riverine inflows

5. Model Domain: encompasses the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and northern portion of the Atlantic

Ocean west of 60° west.  The open‐ocean boundary extends from the area of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia,

Canada to the vicinity of Corocora Island in eastern Venezuela.  The domain is bounded on the north,

west, and south by the North, Central, and South American coastlines, respectively and covers

approximately . 6 2 8.347 ×10 km

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  2006

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  ??

8. Purpose of Model:   ??

9. Simulation Period:  ??

10. Validation with Data?:  ??

11. Used for Forecasting?:  ??

12. Comments:  Note that the code is parallelized and implemented on state‐of‐the‐art computing clusters.  

In addition the model is coupled to a wave model through wave radiation stress terms.  When the

WNAT model is employed in a hurricane storm surge and/or astronomic tidal simulation it can be

used to provide boundary conditions to a shelf‐based or inlet‐based model.

19) 1. Hagen, Scott (UCF)

2. Water Body:  Lower St. Johns River and ICW to Matanzas Inlet

3. Model Name:  ADCIRC Western North Atlantic Tidal Model (WNAT)

4. Model Type: 2D model of astronomic tides with wind/pressure forcings (including hurricane storm

surge) and inflows. Three versions of the SJR model exist: 1) Inlet‐based; 2) Shelf‐based; 3) The full

Western North Atlantic Tidal model domain.

5. Model Domain: From the inlet at Mayport up to and including Lake George

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

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c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application: 2006

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  mesh resolution ranging from 10 to 450 (in Lake George) meters

8. Purpose of Model:   extending ADCIRC Western North Atlantic Tide Model into the Lower St. Johns

River and ICW to Matanzas Inlet

9. Simulation Period:  ??

10. Validation with Data?:  ??

11. Used for Forecasting?:  ??

12. Comments: Computations for the SJR models are performed with a depth‐integrated, finite element

model of astronomic tides with wind/pressure forcing including riverine inflows as prescribed.  The

code is parallelized and implemented on state‐of‐the‐art computing clusters.  In addition the model is

coupled to a wave model through wave radiation stress terms.

20) 1. Hagen, Scott (UCF)

2. Water Body:  Western Atlantic

3. Model Name:  ??

4. Model Type:  ADCIRC Western Atlantic Tide Model

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:   

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  ??

8. Purpose of Model:   to show tidal flows

9. Simulation Period:  ??

10. Validation with Data?:  ??

11. Used for Forecasting?:  ??

12. Comments:

21) 1. Hagen, Scott (UCF)

2. Water Body: Tampa Bay

3. Model Name:  ??

4. Model Type:  2D model of astronomic tides with wind/pressure forcings (including hurricane storm

surge) and inflows.

5. Model Domain: includes urban inundation areas around Tampa Bay as described by LIDAR data. The

Tampa Bay model is implemented in the full Western North Atlantic Tidal (WNAT) model domain.

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application: 2006

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  ??

8. Purpose of Model:   ??

9. Simulation Period:  ??

10. Validation with Data?:  ??

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11. Used for Forecasting?:  ??

12. Comments:  Computations for the Tampa Bay model are performed with a depth‐integrated, finite

element model of astronomic tides with wind/pressure forcing including overland inflows as

prescribed.  Note that the code is parallelized and implemented on state‐of‐the‐art computing

clusters.  In addition the model can be coupled to a wave model through wave radiation stress terms.

22) 1. Halliwell, George, Villy Kourafalou, and N. Shay (UM, RSMAS)

2. Water Body:  Gulf of Mexico

3. Model Name:  Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM)

4. Model Type:  Primitive equation ocean general circulation model, hybrid vertical coordinates

5. Model Domain:  Gulf of Mexico

a) Inshore distance: 0 km (extends to coastline)

b) Offshore distance:   Entire Gulf of Mexico and Florida Straits

c) Alongshore distance: Alabama border to Cape Canaveral

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  2006

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type: Mercator

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max): about 4 km everywhere

8. Purpose of Model: (1) study the ocean response to hurricanes in both the deep ocean and the coastal

ocean, (2) improve model performance when forced by hurricanes, (3) provide boundary conditions

to the higher resolution Northwestern Florida nested coastal model, as part of Ocean System

Simulation Experiments.

9. Simulation Period: During individual storms, 2002‐2005

10. Validation with Data?: Yes

11. Used for Forecasting?: No

12. Comments: This project will include the coastal ocean response to hurricanes that have affected

Florida coastal waters since 2004, in particular Charley, Ivan, Katrina, and Rita.

23) 1. Halliwell, George and Josefina Olascoaga (UM, RSMAS)

2. Water Body:  West Florida Shelf

3. Model Name:  HYCOM

4. Model Type: Primitive equation ocean general circulation model, hybrid vertical coordinates

5. Model Domain:  87W to 81.28W; 23.07N to 30.39N

a) Inshore distance: 2 km

b) Offshore distance: up to 200 km

c) Alongshore distance: West Florida Shelf and Florida Keys

6. Year of Model Development/Application: 2006

7. Model Grid:

a) Grid type: Mercator

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):   about 4 km everywhere

8. Purpose of Model:  (1) test new model algorithms; (2) used by Josefina Olascoaga and colleagues to

study the influence of physical processes on Karena brevis (red tide)  

9. Simulation Period: 2004

10. Validation with Data?: Yes

11. Used for Forecasting?: No

12. Comments:

24) 1. Halliwell, George (UM, RSMAS)

2. Water Body:  West Florida Shelf north of the Keys

3. Model Name:  HYCOM

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4. Model Type: Primitive equation ocean general circulation model, hybrid vertical coordinates

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: 0 km (extends to coastline)

b) Offshore distance: 100 km

c) Alongshore distance: Alabama border through Florida Bay

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  2006

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  curvilinear

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max : 3, 4.5, 6 km

8. Purpose of Model: (1) test new model algorithms, (2) study the influence of initial and boundary

conditions provided to this nested West Florida Shelf coastal model by ocean nowcasts and forecast

products developed as part of the Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment (GODAE), (3) evaluate

HYCOM performance against other ocean model types.

9. Simulation Period: 2004‐2005

10. Validation with Data?: Yes

11. Used for Forecasting?: Yes

12. Comments: The latter effort (#3 under Purpose) will be conducted in collaboration with Robert

Weisberg and Alexander Barth at the University of South Florida.

25) 1. Harwell, Mark (NOAA), P. Hsieh, W. Huang, E. Johnson, K. Milla, H. Wang, G.

Bugna, K. Dillon, C. Hladik, and J. Gentile

2. Water Body:    Apalachicola Bay

3. Model Name:  ??

4. Model Type:  Princeton Ocean Model converted to EFDC and linked directly to EPA WASP WQ model

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application: 2005

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  ??

8. Purpose of Model:   working toward ecosystem model

9. Simulation Period:  ??

10. Validation with Data?:  Yes

11. Used for Forecasting?:  ??

26) 1. Heyl, Mike (Camp Dresser & McKee, now with SWFWMD)

2. Water Body:  Sarasota Bay system (including tributaries)

3. Model Name:  ??

4. Model Type:  VB and spreadsheet input/output models

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  early 1990’s

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  ??

8. Purpose of Model:   pollutant loading model

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9. Simulation Period:  ??

10. Validation with Data?:  ??

11. Used for Forecasting?:  ??

12. Comments:

27) 1. Heyl, Mike (Camp Dresser & McKee, now with SWFWMD)

2. Water Body:  middle Sarasota Bay (Ringling to Long Bar Point)

3. Model Name: Dynhyd/ WASP

4. Model Type:  

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  ??

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  ??

8. Purpose of Model:   for the City of Sarasotaʹs Wasteload Allocation at Whitaker Bayou, used the same

model to evaluate an RO discharge through Payne Terminal.

9. Simulation Period:  ??

10. Validation with Data?:  ??

11. Used for Forecasting?:  ??

12. Comments:

28) 1. Heyl, Mike (Camp Dresser & McKee, now with SWFWMD)

2. Water Body:  Sarasota Bay system (including tributaries) from south of Venice jetties to

upper Sarasota Bay and ‘around the corner’ to capture Manatee River and all of Manatee

County

3. Model Name:  ??

4. Model Type:  VB and spreadsheet input/output models

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  early 1990’s

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  ??

8. Purpose of Model:   pollutant loading model

9. Simulation Period:  ??

10. Validation with Data?:  ??

11. Used for Forecasting?:  ??

12. Comments: Manatee County as part of next phase of NPDES MS4 permitting added the northern

extension to Marchand and Collins model of Sarasota Bay.  Point of contact ‐ Sia Mollanazar, Manatee

County

29) 1. Heyl, Mike (Camp Dresser & McKee, now with SWFWMD)

2. Water Body:  Manatee River

3. Model Name: Dynhyd/WASP

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4. Model Type:  salinity only

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  ??

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  ??

8. Purpose of Model:   for Manatee Countyʹs WUP renewal to SWFWMD.

9. Simulation Period:  ??

10. Validation with Data?:  ??

11. Used for Forecasting?:  ??

12. Comments: Manatee Countyʹs point of contact for that work was John Zimmerman

30) 1. Huang, Wenrui and W.K. Jones (FSU)

2. Water Body:  Apalachicola Bay

3. Model Name:  ??

4. Model Type:  3‐D model of circulation and salinity

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  1997

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  ??

8. Purpose of Model:  circulation and salinity for low river‐flow season

9. Simulation Period:  ??

10. Validation with Data?:  ??

11. Used for Forecasting?:  ??

12. Comments:  Per Lee Edmiston (Apalachicola Nat’l Estuarine Research Reserve):  Northwest

Florida Water Management District, Water Resources Special Report 97‐1.  120 pages.

31) 1. Huang, Wenrui (FSU)

2. Water Body:  Choctawhatchee Bay

3. Model Name:  ??

4. Model Type:  hydrodynamic model

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  ??

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  ??

8. Purpose of Model:  ??

9. Simulation Period:  ??

10. Validation with Data?:  ??

11. Used for Forecasting?:  ??

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12. Comments:   for Florida Dept. of Transportation

32) 1. Huang, Wenrui (FSU)

2. Water Body:  St. Andrews Bay

3. Model Name:  ??

4. Model Type:  hydrodynamic model

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  ??

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  ??

8. Purpose of Model:  ??

9. Simulation Period:  ??

10. Validation with Data?:  ??

11. Used for Forecasting?:  ??

12. Comments:   for Northwest Florida Water Management District

33) 1. Janicki, Tony (Janicki Environmental)

2. Water Body:  Upper Charlotte Harbor and lower Peace and Myakka Rivers

3. Model Name:  ??

4. Model Type:  WASP model

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  ??

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  ??

8. Purpose of Model:   ??

9. Simulation Period:  ??

10. Validation with Data?:  ??

11. Used for Forecasting?:  ??

12. Comments:  

34) 1. Jones, Galperin, Wu, and Weisberg (USF)

2. Water Body:  Apalachicola Bay

3. Model Name:  ??

4. Model Type:   

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  1994

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  ??

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8. Purpose of Model:   Preliminary circulation simulations

9. Simulation Period:  ??

10. Validation with Data?:  ??

11. Used for Forecasting?:  ??

12. Comments:  Per Lee Edmiston (Apalachicola Nat’l Estuarine Research Reserve): Northwest Florida

Water Management District, Water resources Special Report 94‐2.

35) 1. Kourafalou, Villy (University of Miami/RSMAS)

2. Water Body:  Southwest Florida Shelf (including Florida Bay) and Straits of Florida

(including the Florida Keys)

3. Model Name:  HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM)

4. Model Type:  Primitive equation ocean general circulation model, hybrid vertical coordinates  

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:   

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  3.7 km

8. Purpose of Model:   The South Florida Hybrid Coordnate Model (SoFLA‐HYCOM) is the regional

model for South Florida coastal seas. It was developed to connect South Floridaʹs shallow coastal

environments with the adjacent deep areas in the Straits of Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. The

SoFLA‐HYCOM is used to provide boundary conditions for the EFDC Florida Bay model, developed

by the South Florida Water Management District, in support of the Everglades Restoration Project.

9. Simulation Period:  1999‐2002; 2004‐2006

10. Validation with Data?:  yes

11. Used for Forecasting?:  pre‐operational capabilities

12. Comments: The EFDC Florida Bay model has been one‐way nested to SOFLA‐HYCOM. To ensure

proper connection of Florida Bay processes with the Gulf of Mexico and the Straits of Florida (as well

as the global circulation around them), the SoFLA‐HYCOM is nested within the North Atlantic

HYCOM that includes the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. The regional model acts as a crucial

intermediate step from the large to the coastal scale. The model is also used to study air‐sea

interaction and land‐sea interaction processes, especially the effects of regional (South Florida) and

remote (Mississippi) rivers on the South Florida ecosystem. http://oceanmodeling.rsmas.miami.edu/hycom

36) 1. Kourafalou, Villy and C. Paris; (UM/RSMAS)

2. Water Body:  Southwest Florida Shelf (including Florida Bay) and Straits of Florida

(including the Florida Keys)

3. Model Name:  HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM) and BOLTS (Biological Larval Transport

System)

4. Model Type:  Primitive equation ocean general circulation model, hybrid vertical coordinates, coupled

with a biological Lagrangian transport model

5. Model Domain: 77.4W to 83.8W and 22.8N to 28.6N

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  2006

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  rectangular

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b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  3.7 km

8. Purpose of Model:   Modeling circulation and larval pathways, examine connectivity of Florida Keys

with upstream larval sources

9. Simulation Period:  2004‐2006

10. Validation with Data?:  not yet

11. Used for Forecasting?: no

12. Comments: The South Florida Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (SoFLA‐HYCOM) is a comprehensive,

3‐D hydrodynamic model, nested within larger scale models, so that the coastal areas around South

Florida are properly connected to the surrounding larger scale oceanic flows. The model provides

boundary conditions to limited area models in Florida Bay and the Florida Keys. It is also currently

being coupled with a larval transport model to study the effects of hydrodynamics on fish

recruitment in the Florida Keys. The model is also used to study air‐sea interaction and land‐sea

interaction processes, especially the effects of regional (South Florida) and remote (Mississippi) rivers

on the South Florida ecosystem. http://oceanmodeling.rsmas.miami.edu/hycom/

37) 1. Kourafalou, Villy and George Halliwell (UM, RSMAS)

2. Water Body:  Florida Keys Marine Sanctuary, Florida Bay and Dry Tortugas Ecological

Reserve

3. Model Name: HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM)

4. Model Type:  Primitive equation ocean general circulation model, hybrid vertical coordinates

5. Model Domain:  82.5W to 79.5W; 24.N to 25.5N Mercator grid

a) Inshore distance:  

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  2007

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  rectangular

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  ~1 km resolution

8. Purpose of Model:   Very high resolution. Used to study small (submesoscale) eddy variability in the

Florida Current and for biophysical simulations of larval transport.

9. Simulation Period:  2004‐2006

10. Validation with Data?:  not yet

11. Used for Forecasting?:  no

12. Comments: Will be compared to coastal radar (WERA) surface current maps.

38) 1. Kourafalou, Villy and George Halliwell (UM, RSMAS)

2. Water Body:  Northern Gulf of Mexico Shelf (includes the Florida Panhandle)

3. Model Name:  HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM)

4. Model Type:  Primitive equation ocean general circulation model, hybrid vertical coordinates

5. Model Domain: 82.8W to 95W and 28.5N to 30.5N

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  2006

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type: rectangular

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  currently 2 km, evolving to 1 km

8. Purpose of Model:   Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSEs)

9. Simulation Period:  ??

10. Validation with Data?:  not yet

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11. Used for Forecasting?:  not yet

12. Comments:  The ultimate goal of this project will study the impact of new observing systems on the

capability of an ocean model (HYCOM) to nowcast and forecast ocean variability along the northern

Gulf of Mexico coast. The initial emphasis of this project is to perform the preliminary studies

required to design the OSSE. The model will provide boundary conditions to coastal biophysical

models in the Northwestern Florida shelf.

39) 1. Kourafalou, Villy and George Halliwell (UM, RSMAS)

2. Water Body:  Intra‐America Seas (includes ALL coastal areas around the State of Florida)

3. Model Name:  HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM)

4. Model Type:  Primitive equation ocean general circulation model, hybrid vertical coordinates

5. Model Domain: 35W to 98W and 5S to 30N

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  2007

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  rectangular

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  ~ 4 km

8. Purpose of Model:   to study circulation in the Intra‐America Seas with an emphasis on coastal to loarge

scale interactions; the model domain is enlarged to include the Amazon River, so that the impact of

Amazon waters (carried through Brazil Current rings) on the eastern Caribbean islands will be

examined. The domain includes the Gulf of Mexico and all the Florida Seas and will be employed in

hurricane studies.

9. Simulation Period:  2004‐2006

10. Validation with Data?:  historical data

11. Used for Forecasting?:  no

12. Comments:  This domain offers a comprehensive “Florida” model that includes all coastal seas around

the State of Florida.

40) 1. Luther, Mark, S. Meyers, S. Gilbert, V. Subramanian (USF)

2. Water Body:  Tampa Bay estuary

3. Model Name: based on the ECOM‐3D version of the Princeton Ocean Model (POM)

4. Model Type:  3‐dimensional hydrodynamic model

5. Model Domain: covers the bay from Egmont Key to the head of the bay and up the tidal reaches of the

major tributaries

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  early 1990s

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  ??

8. Purpose of Model:   Integrated observing system and circulation, wave, sediment transport, and water

quality model

9. Simulation Period:  ??

10. Validation with Data?:  ??

11. Used for Forecasting?:  ??

12. Comments: has been applied to spill trajectory anlysis, storm surge, water supply issues, and now

human pathogen trajectory and fate analysis.  It was used in management and mitigation of the Piney

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Point phosphate discharges and in the damage assessment of the Cargil phosphate process water spill

during Hurricane Francis in 2004.  The model became a key component in the permitting process for

the Tampa Bay Water seawater desalination facility at Big Bend and was tested in administrative

challenges to the permit.  

The model system ingests real‐time observations of the physical forcing functions for Tampa Bay to

produce three‐dimensional fields of circulation, temperature, salinity, wave spectra, sediment

resuspension, sediment transport, and turbidity, A water quality module is under development. The

hydrodynamic model is fully operational in either a nowcast‐forecast mode or a hindcast mode and is

described on our web site (http://ompl.marine.usf.edu/TBmodel).

41) 1. Ly, Le N.  (Applied Science International)

2. Water Body:  West Florida Shelf

3. Model Name: Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS)

4. Model Type:  physical‐biological coupled model

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  ??

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  has 1‐ km horizontal resolution and 60 vertical terrain‐following

levels

8. Purpose of Model:   ??

9. Simulation Period:  ??

10. Validation with Data?:  ??

11. Used for Forecasting?:  Yes

12. Comments: Applied to HAB studies on the WFS to develop a HAB nowcast/forecast model for red

tide.  A physical‐biological coupled model is developed and applied to HAB studies on the WFS to

develop a HAB nowcast/forecast model. The primitive equation model is coupled with a biological

dynamics model with four components: NPZD (Nutrient, Phytoplankton, Zooplankton and Detritus).

The ocean model has realistic physical conditions and realistic bathymetry and wind and is initialized

with the physical (monthly mean temperature and salinity climatology blended with CTD data) and

biological data for the late summer and early autumn.

42) 1. Madden, Christopher and Amanda McDonald (South Florida Water Management

District)

2. Water Body:  Florida Bay

3. Model Name:  Florida Bay Seagrass Conceptual Model

4. Model Type:  ??

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  ??

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  ??

8. Purpose of Model:   ??

9. Simulation Period:  ??

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10. Validation with Data?:  ??

11. Used for Forecasting?:  ??

12. Comments: Per Cindy Heil (FWC‐FWRI): another NOAA grant we currently have is working with

South Florida Water Management District to supply nutrient and phytoplankton data for the

development of a phytoplankton component for Chris Maddenʹs Florida Bay model.

43) 1. Marchand. J.P.  and P. Collins (Camp Dresser & McKee)

2. Water Body:  Sarasota Bay system (including tributaries) to south of Venice jetties

3. Model Name:  ??

4. Model Type:  VB and spreadsheet input/output models

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  1990’s

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  ??

8. Purpose of Model:   pollutant loading model

9. Simulation Period:  ??

10. Validation with Data?:  ??

11. Used for Forecasting?:  ??

12. Comments: NPDES MS4 application. John Ryan might be best present contact at CDM.  Southward

extension of Heyl (CDM) model of Sarasota Bay system.

44) 1. Mooers, Christopher & Inkweon Bang (UM)

2. Water Body:  Straits of Florida and East Florida Shelf

3. Model Name:  EFSIS (East Florida Shelf Information System)

4. Model Type:  Princeton Ocean Model (POM)

5. Model Domain:  Model domain defined by the model grid points is roughly from Cuba to 31N, 83.5 to

77.5W

a) Inshore distance: 0 km

b) Offshore distance:   200 km

c) Alongshore distance:  1,000 km

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  2004/nowcast and forecast of ocean state

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  orthogonal curvilinear; sigma coordinates in the vertical

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  2 km, 6 km, 14 km; 26 sigma levels

8. Purpose of Model:   Nowcast and forecast of ocean currents, temperature/salinity, and sea level

9. Simulation Period:  continually since 1 OCT 2004 in the present configuration

10. Validation with Data?:  Yes

11. Used for Forecasting?:  Yes

12. Comments: It covers from beyond the Dry Tortugas to north of the Georgia border, and from Florida

to Cuba and the Bahamas. See http://efsis.rsmas.miami.edu for the graphics of coverage, predicted

fields, etc.

45) 1. Mooers, Christopher & Jerome Fiechter (UM)

2. Water Body:  Straits of Florida and East Florida Shelf

3. Model Name:  NPZD ecosystem model driven by EFSIS

4. Model Type:  Princeton Ocean Model (POM)

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5. Model Domain:  Model domain defined by the model grid points is roughly from Cuba to 31N, 83.5 to

77.5W

a) Inshore distance: 0 km

b) Offshore distance:   200 km

c) Alongshore distance:  1,000 km

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  2005

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  orthogonal curvilinear; sigma coordinates in the vertical

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  2 km, 6 km, 14 km; 26 sigma levels

8. Purpose of Model:   ecosystem model

9. Simulation Period:  a climatological mean year

10. Validation with Data?:  Yes

11. Used for Forecasting?:  Not yet

12. Comments: not run in real‐time, yet.

46) 1. Moore, Chuck, Stergio Dendrou and Ray Walton (then at CDM, now at West

Consulting)

2. Water Body:  Sarasota Bay (and particularly Midnight Pass)

3. Model Name:  Dynhyd

4. Model Type:   

5. Model Domain:  

a) Inshore distance:

b) Offshore distance:    

c) Alongshore distance:  

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  1983

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:   

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  

8. Purpose of Model:    

9. Simulation Period:  ??

10. Validation with Data?:  Yes

11. Used for Forecasting?:  ??

12. Comments: for Sarasota County. Had some continuous recorders for calibration/verification.  R.

Walton is contact.

47) 1. Morey, Steve (FSU)

2. Water Body: Gulf of Mexico

3. Model Name: NCOM Gulf of Mexico model

4. Model Type: Navy Coastal Ocean Model

5. Model Domain: 15.55N to 31.5N, 98.15W to 80.6W  

a) Inshore distance:

b) Offshore distance:    

c) Alongshore distance:  

6. Year of Model Development/Application: 2004 ‐ present

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  Cartesian

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max): min 4.5km avg 5km max 5.5km

8. Purpose of Model:  Gulf of Mexico circulation and process studies

9. Simulation Period:  1999 ‐ 2000, mid‐2005

10. Validation with Data?:  Yes

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11. Used for Forecasting?:  No

12. Comments: Data assimilative hindcasts forced by satellite‐derived fluxes. Also multiple climatology

forced simulations.

48) 1. Moustaffa, Zaki  (SFWMD)

2. Water Body:  Estero Bay

3. Model Name:  ??

4. Model Type:   

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  planned for 2008

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  ??

8. Purpose of Model:   Integrate watershed and estuarine models

9. Simulation Period:  ??

10. Validation with Data?:  ??

11. Used for Forecasting?:  ??

49) 1. Moustaffa, Zaki (SFWMD)

2. Water Body:  Florida Bay/Keys

3. Model Name:  ??

4. Model Type:   

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  planned for 2009

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  ??

8. Purpose of Model:   To improve Florida Bay/Keys models

9. Simulation Period:  ??

10. Validation with Data?:  ??

11. Used for Forecasting?:  ??

50) 1. Moustaffa, Zaki (SFWMD)

2. Water Body:  South Florida

3. Model Name:  ??

4.   Model Type:  watershed topography model

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  ??

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  ??

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8. Purpose of Model:   predicting the impacts of various flow scenarios on watershed wetland

hydrographic conditions

9. Simulation Period:  ??

10. Validation with Data?:  ??

11. Used for Forecasting?:  ??

12. Comments: part of Picayune Strand Restoration Project

51) 1. Moustaffa, Zaki (SFWMD)

2. Water Body:  Naples Bay

3. Model Name:  ??

4. Model Type:  hydrodynamic model

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  planned for 2008

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  ??

8. Purpose of Model:   ??

9. Simulation Period:  ??

10. Validation with Data?:  ??

11. Used for Forecasting?:  ??

12. Comments:

52) 1. NOAA National Ocean Service (NOS)

2. Water Body:  St. Johns River

3. Model Name:  St. Johnʹs River Operational Forecast System (SJROFS)

4. Model Type:  EFDC hydrodynamic model

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  2005

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  ??

8. Purpose of Model:   provides the maritime community with improved short‐term predictions of water

levels and currents in St. Johns River

9. Simulation Period:  ??

10. Validation with Data?:  ??

11. Used for Forecasting?:  Yes

12. Editor’s comments: Based on SJRWMD EFDC model.  The ocean boundary of the grid is forced with a

superposition of the observed subtidal water levels at Mayport and predicted tides. The former are

determined using a low‐pass filter, and the latter are based on tidal harmonics available at Mayport

with a slight adjustment (approximately 5% increase in tidal amplitudes) for matching the model with

observations. Salinity is also specified along the ocean boundary to linearly transition from 35 psu at

the surface to 36 psu at the bottom.

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53) 1. Pratt, Thad (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)  

2. Water Body:  Biscayne Bay

3. Model Name:  ??

4. Model Type:   

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  underway

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  ??

8. Purpose of Model:  updating existing hydrodynamic and salinity transport model to help determine the

importance of stratification and freshwater inflow on salinity and circulation patterns in Biscayne

Bay.

9. Simulation Period:  ??

10. Validation with Data?:  ??

11. Used for Forecasting?:  ??

12. Comments: Part of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP). The data is being used to

validate and verify the TABS‐MDS model for the CERP‐ Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands Project

(BBCW) and as a monitoring tool for the RECOVER Monitoring and Assessment plan (MAP). The

revised hydrodynamic model will more closely reflect 3‐D salinity conditions and will help determine

the importance of stratification and freshwater inflow on salinity and circulation patterns in Biscayne

Bay.

54) 1. Sheng, Peter (UF)  

2. Water Body:  Biscayne Bay  

3. Model Name:  ??

4. Model Type:  CH3D Circulation

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: 12 km

b) Offshore distance:   12 km

c) Alongshore distance:  85 km

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  2004/2001

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  BF Curvilinear

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  200 m / 850 m / 2850m

8. Purpose of Model:  circulation

9. Simulation Period:  30 days

10. Validation with Data?: Yes

11. Used for Forecasting?:  No

55) 1. Sheng, Peter (UF)  

2. Water Body:  Caloosahatchee Estuary

3. Model Name:  ??

4. Model Type:  CH3D

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: 50 km

b) Offshore distance:   20 km

c) Alongshore distance:  90 km

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6. Year of Model Development/Application:  1999,2001,2003/1999‐2003

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  BF Curvilinear

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  40 m / 692 m / 3km

8. Purpose of Model:   for Minimum Flows and Levels

9. Simulation Period:  1 yr

10. Validation with Data?:  Yes

11. Used for Forecasting?:  No

12. Comments: an integrated modeling system for estuarine and coastal ecosystems, for SFWMD

56) 1. Sheng, Peter (UF)  

2. Water Body:  Caloosahatchee Estuary

3. Model Name:  ??

4. Model Type:  CH3D‐IMS

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: 50 km

b) Offshore distance:   20 km

c) Alongshore distance:  90 km

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  1999,2001,2003/1999‐2003

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  BF Curvilinear

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  40 m / 692 m / 3km

8. Purpose of Model:   Water Quality

9. Simulation Period:  1 yr

10. Validation with Data?:  Yes

11. Used for Forecasting?:  No

12. Comments: an integrated modeling system for estuarine and coastal ecosystems, for SFWMD

57) 1. Sheng, Peter (UF)  

2. Water Body: Caloosahatchee Estuary  

3. Model Name:  ??

4. Model Type:  CH3D‐SSMS

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: 50 km

b) Offshore distance:   20 km

c) Alongshore distance:  90 km

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  2005/2005, 2006

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  BF Curvilinear

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  65 m / 450 m/ 1160 m

8. Purpose of Model:   an integrated storm surge modeling system

9. Simulation Period:  5 days

10. Validation with Data?:  Yes

11. Used for Forecasting?:  Yes

12. Comments:  Modeling and forecasting of storm surge, wave, and inundation, for SFWMD.

58) 1. Sheng, Peter (UF)  

2. Water Body:  Charlotte Harbor

3. Model Name:  ??

4. Model Type:  CH3D

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5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: 50 km

b) Offshore distance:   20 km

c) Alongshore distance:  90 km

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  1999, 2001, 2003/1999‐2003

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type: BF Curvilinear

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  40 m / 692 m / 3km

8. Purpose of Model:   Minimum Flows and Levels

9. Simulation Period:  3 months

10. Validation with Data?:  Yes

11. Used for Forecasting?:  No

12. Comments: A 3D model of estuarine and coastal circulation, for SWFWMD.

59) 1. Sheng, Peter (UF)  

2. Water Body:  Charlotte Harbor

3. Model Name:  ??

4. Model Type:  CH3D‐IMS

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: 50 km

b) Offshore distance:   20 km

c) Alongshore distance:  90 km

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  1999, 2001, 2003/1999‐2003

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type: BF Curvilinear

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  40 m / 692 m / 3km

8. Purpose of Model:   Water Quality

9. Simulation Period:  3 yr

10. Validation with Data?:  Yes

11. Used for Forecasting?:  No

12. Comments: A 3D model of estuarine and coastal circulation, for SWFWMD.

60) 1. Sheng, Peter (UF)  

2. Water Body:  Charlotte Harbor

3. Model Name:  ??

4. Model Type:  CH3D‐SSMS

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: 50 km

b) Offshore distance:   50 km

c) Alongshore distance:  100 km

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  2005/2004, 2005, 2006

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type: BF Curvilinear

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  40 m / 692 m / 3km

8. Purpose of Model:   Storm surge

9. Simulation Period:  5 days

10. Validation with Data?:  Yes

11. Used for Forecasting?:  Yes

12. Comments: A 3D model of estuarine and coastal circulation, for SWFWMD.

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61) 1. Sheng, Peter (UF)  

2. Water Body:  East Florida Coast, East Florida Shelf, Guana‐Tolomato‐Matanzas NERR,

Indian River Lagoon, and St. Johns River

3. Model Name:  ??

4. Model Type:  CH3D‐SSMS

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: 85 km

b) Offshore distance:   45 km

c) Alongshore distance:  440 km

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  2005/2004, 2005, 2006

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  BF Curvilinear

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  65 m / 450 m/ 1160 m

8. Purpose of Model:  Storm surge

9. Simulation Period:  5 days

10. Validation with Data?:  Yes

11. Used for Forecasting?:  Yes

12. Comments:   Development of an Interoperable “Service Oriented Architecture” for Regional Coastal

Ocean (Storm Surge) Prediction; SURA, ONR, NOAA.

62) 1. Sheng, Peter (UF)  

2. Water Body:  Guana‐Tolomato‐Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve

3. Model Name:  ??

4. Model Type:  CH3D

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: 10 km

b) Offshore distance:   27 km

c) Alongshore distance:  137 km

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  2005/2004‐2006

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  Curvilinear

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  65m / 550 m/ 848 m

8. Purpose of Model:   Circulation/Dispersal

9. Simulation Period:  2 months

10. Validation with Data?:  Yes

11. Used for Forecasting?:  No

12. Comments:  for National Science Foundation

63) 1. Sheng, Peter (UF)  

2. Water Body:  Indian River Lagoon

3. Model Name:  ??

4. Model Type:  CH3D‐IMS

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: 20 km

b) Offshore distance:   n/a

c) Alongshore distance:  230 km

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  1996‐2001/1997‐1999

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7. Model Grid:  the entire Indian River Lagoon Estuarine System which includes the Mosquito Lagoon,

Indian River Lagoon, Banana River, and St. Lucie Estuary. Four tidal inlets are included in the system:

Ponce de Leon, Sebastian, Ft. Pierce, and St. Lucie.

a) Grid type:  BF Curvilinear

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  45 m / 400 m / 1.5 km

8. Purpose of Model:   Water quality, to determine pollutant load reduction goals

9. Simulation Period:  1 yr

10. Validation with Data?:  Yes

11. Used for Forecasting?:  No

12. Comments: for SJRWMD & FWC

64) 1. Sheng, Peter (UF)  

2. Water Body:  Northwest Florida Coast

3. Model Name:  

4. Model Type:  CH3D‐SSMS

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: 70 km

b) Offshore distance:   280 km

c) Alongshore distance:  830 km

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  2005‐2007/2005,2006

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  BF Curvilinear

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  110 m / 1430 m / 5km

8. Purpose of Model:   Storm surge

9. Simulation Period:  5 days

10. Validation with Data?:  Yes

11. Used for Forecasting?:  Yes

12. Comments: For U.S. DOT

65) 1. Sheng, Peter (UF)  

2. Water Body:  Sarasota Bay

3. Model Name:  ??

4. Model Type:  CH3D and CH3D‐IMS

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: 6 km

b) Offshore distance:   15 km

c) Alongshore distance:  80 km

6.   Year of Model Development/Application:  1990‐1995/1990‐1992

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  BF Curvilinear

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  17 m / 77 m / 3.6 km

8. Purpose of Model:   (CH3D) Circulation and (CH3D‐IMS) water quality, impact of nitrogen load

reduction, larval tracking

9. Simulation Period:  3 months

10. Validation with Data?:  Yes

11. Used for Forecasting?:  No

12. Comments: for Sarasota Bay National Estuary Program, SWFWMD, FWC

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66) 1. Sheng, Peter (UF)  

2. Water Body:  Suwannee River, estuary, and coastal waters

3. Model Name:  ??

4. Model Type:  CH3D

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  under development

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  ??

8. Purpose of Model:  couple the entire Suwannee watershed with the estuary and the coastal waters in

the Gulf

9. Simulation Period:  ??

10. Validation with Data?:  ??

11. Used for Forecasting?:  ??

12. Comments: will be coupling the models with the Navy Gulf of Mexico model for baroclinic calculation

and our own unstructured grid model for barotropic calculation.

67) 1. Sheng, Peter (UF)  

2. Water Body:  Northern Gulf of Mexico

3. Model Name:  ??

4. Model Type:  CH3D‐SSMS

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: 70 km

b) Offshore distance:   155 km

c) Alongshore distance:  550 km

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  2005‐2007/2005,2006

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  BF Curvilinear

b)   Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  66 m / 570 m / 2.6km

8. Purpose of Model:  Storm surge

9. Simulation Period:  5 days

10. Validation with Data?:  Yes

11. Used for Forecasting?:  Yes

12. Comments: As part of the CH3D‐SSMS system, UF has been using ADCIRC and has developed a 2D

and 3D unstructured‐grid circulation model, using finite volume technique and locally conservative

Eulerian‐Lagrangian method for the advection terms. This large scale model will produce the open

boundary conditions for the CH3D model used for the high resolution coastal grids

68) 1. Sheng, Peter (UF)  

2. Water Body:  St. Johns River

3. Model Name:  ??

4. Model Type:  CH3D

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: 140 km

b) Offshore distance:   10 km

c) Alongshore distance:  15 km

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  2002,2005/1998

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7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  BF Curvilinear

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  55 m / 490 m / 2km

8. Purpose of Model:  Circulation

9. Simulation Period:  1 yr

10. Validation with Data?:  Yes

11. Used for Forecasting?:  No

12. Comments: CH1D Circulation and NBC Dispersion ‐ Oak Ridge National Laboratory and DTRA

69) 1. Sheng, Peter (UF)  

2. Water Body:  Tampa Bay

3. Model Name:  

4. Model Type:  CH3D‐IMS

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: 50 km

b) Offshore distance:   16 km

c) Alongshore distance:  120 km

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  1994‐2002/1990‐1992

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  BF Curvilinear

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  105 m / 620 m / 1600 m

8. Purpose of Model:   Water quality, light attenuation, and seagrass

9. Simulation Period:  1 yr

10. Validation with Data?:  Yes

11. Used for Forecasting?:  No

12. Comments: for Tampa Bay Estuary Program

70) 1. Sheng, Peter (UF)  

2. Water Body:  Tampa Bay

3. Model Name:  

4. Model Type:  CH3D‐SSMS

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: 50 km

b) Offshore distance:   25 km

c) Alongshore distance:  120 km

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  2005/2004,2005,2006

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  BF Curvilinear

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  27 m / 370 m / 11 50 m

8. Purpose of Model:   Storm surge

9. Simulation Period:  5 days

10. Validation with Data?:  Yes

11. Used for Forecasting?:  Yes

12. Comments:  

71) 1. Sheng, Peter (UF)  

2. Water Body:  Tampa Bay

3. Model Name:  ??  

4. Model Type:  CH3D‐SSMS

5. Model Domain:

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a) Inshore distance: 50 km

b) Offshore distance:   20 km

c) Alongshore distance:  120 km

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  2002/2003‐2006

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  BF Curvilinear

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  27 m / 370 m / 11 50 m

8. Purpose of Model:   Flood mapping

9. Simulation Period:  5 days

10. Validation with Data?:  Yes

11. Used for Forecasting?:  No

12. Comments:  Coupled 2‐D surge (CH3D)‐wave (SWAN) modeling system. High resolution LIDAR

topography data was used in conjunction with the NGDC bathymetry data and FDEP beach profile

data. Worked with Pinellas County and FEMA to include wave effect in flood insurance rate map for

Pinellas County.

72) 1. Sheng, Peter (UF)  

2. Water Body:  Estero Bay

3. Model Name:  ??

4.   Model Type:  CH3D and CH3D‐IMS

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: 50 km

b) Offshore distance:   50 km

c) Alongshore distance:  100 km

6.   Year of Model Development/Application:  1999, 2001, 2003/? ???

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  BF Curvilinear

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  33 m /670 m/ 2.8km

8. Purpose of Model:   (CH3D) Minimum Flows and Levels and (CH3D‐IMS) water quality

9. Simulation Period:  3 yr

10. Validation with Data?:  Yes

11. Used for Forecasting?:  No

12. Comments:  

73) 1. Sheng, Peter (UF)  

2. Water Body:  Florida Bay

3. Model Name:  ??

4. Model Type:  CH3D

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: 55 km

b) Offshore distance:   10 km

c) Alongshore distance:  75 km

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  1995/1993‐1995

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  BFCurvilinear

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  40 m/ 300m/  1km

8. Purpose of Model:   Tides and Circulation

9. Simulation Period:  3 months

10. Validation with Data?:  Yes

11. Used for Forecasting?:  No

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12. Comments: for National Park Service

74) 1. Sucsy, Pete (SJRWMD) with FDEP and U.S.ACE

2. Water Body:  Lower SJR basin

3. Model Name:  ??

4. Model Type:  3‐D hydrodynamic model

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  under development

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  ??

8. Purpose of Model:   ??

9. Simulation Period:  ??

10. Validation with Data?:  ??

11. Used for Forecasting?:  ??

12. Editor’s comments: A description of the various water quality monitoring efforts currently under way

within the LSJRB is presented in the LSJRB Water Quality Monitoring Program Atlas, a publication of

the District.

75) 1. Sucsy, Pete and Morris (SJRWMD)

2. Water Body:  Lower St. Johns River

3. Model Name:  St. Johnʹs River Operational Forecast System (SJROFS)

4. Model Type:  EFDC hydrodynamic model

5. Model Domain: extends from the Atlantic Ocean to the upstream boundary at Buffalo Bluff.  

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  2001

7. Model Grid:   2,210 water cells are embedded within a transformed 188 x 105 rectangular

computational grid

a) Grid type: orthogonal, boundary‐fitted, structured grid

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  Cell length sizes range from 2,040 m to 81 m. there are six stretched,

sigma vertical layers.

8. Purpose of Model:   simulate the period of 1/1/1995 – 11/30/1998

9. Simulation Period:  ??

10. Validation with Data?:  Yes

11. Used for Forecasting?:  No

12. Comments: Linked to a WQ model for the lower St. Johns River.  To facilitate the development of a

nowcast/forecast system for the Coastal Storms Initiative, the SJRWMD model was transferred to the

Coast Survey Development Laboratory for adjustments so that operational nowcasts and forecasts

could be made.

76) 1. Sucsy, Pete and Stewart (SJRWMD)

2. Water Body:  Sebastian River and adjacent Indian River  

3. Model Name:  ??

4. Model Type:  3‐D hydrodynamic and salinity model

5. Model Domain:

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a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  2004

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  ??

8. Purpose of Model:   study the effects of freshwater inflows, and to set guidelines for management of

future freshwater discharges

9. Simulation Period:  ??

10. Validation with Data?:  ??

11. Used for Forecasting?:  ??

12. Comments:

77) 1. Taylor Engineering

2. Water Body:  St. Augustine Inlet

3. Model Name:  ??

4. Model Type: 2‐D

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  ??

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  ??

8. Purpose of Model:   for evaluation of erosion/shoaling in St. Augustine Inlet

9. Simulation Period:  ??

10. Validation with Data?:  ??

11. Used for Forecasting?:  ??

12. Comments:  as part of the inlet management plan

78) 1. Unknown

2. Water Body:  Apalachicola Bay

3. Model Name:  ??

4. Model Type:  complete 3‐D hydrodynamic

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  mid‐1990s

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  ??

8. Purpose of Model:   circulation

9. Simulation Period:  ??

10. Validation with Data?:  ??

11. Used for Forecasting?:  ??

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12. Comments:  Per Lee Edmiston (Apalachicola Nat’l Estuarine Research Reserve):  an older model of

Apalachicola Bay circulation from the mid‐90ʹs, based on data collected by the NWFWMD and

Apalachicola NERR.

79) 1. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

2. Water Body:  South Florida

3. Model Name:  Natural Systems Model (Watershed)

4. Model Type:  ??

5. Model Domain:   

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  ??

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  ??

8. Purpose of Model:   estimate hydrologic conditions in various watersheds with and without canals and

other human structures

9. Simulation Period:  ??

10. Validation with Data?:  ??

11. Used for Forecasting?:  ??

12. Comments:  Part of the SW Florida Feasibility Study

80) 1. Vansant; (M.S. Thesis, FSU)

2. Water Body:  Apalachicola Bay

3. Model Name:  ??

4. Model Type:  numerical model

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  1980

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  ??

8. Purpose of Model:   tidal currents

9. Simulation Period:  ??

10. Validation with Data?:  ??

11. Used for Forecasting?:  ??

12. Comments:

81) 1. Walsh, John (USF)

2. Water Body:  West Florida Shelf

3. Model Name:  ??

4. Model Type:  an adaptation of the Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS) circulation model, nested

within the 1/12 degree Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM)

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

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6. Year of Model Development/Application:   

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  ??

8. Purpose of Model:  red tide prediction

9. Simulation Period:  ??

10. Validation with Data?:  ??

11. Used for Forecasting?:  ??

12. Comments: To deal with the nearshore boundary conditions of nutrients and their seaward transfer, he

is also implementing an adaptation of Bob Weisbergs finite volume coastal ocean model.  Many of

Johnʹs PhD students have also developed models of various subcomponents of his larger models (e.g.

Jason Lenes‐Trichodesmium dynamics, Brian Darrow‐benthic pelagic coupling).

82) 1. Wang, John & Helena Solo‐Gabriele (UM, RSMAS/AMP)

2. Water Body:  Biscayne Bay & Hobie Cat Beach

3. Model Name:  CAFE  with microbes

4. Model Type:  Hi‐res finite element hydrodynamic model with fate and transport.  2D application of 3D

terrain following vertical coordinate model.

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: To shoreline

b) Offshore distance:   5 km

c) Alongshore distance:  100 km

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  underway

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  Finite Element

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  15 m/200 m/3000 m

8. Purpose of Model:  assess human health risks and environmental effects on microbial pollution in

recreational marine waters (beach area)

9. Simulation Period:  1965 ‐ 2005

10. Validation with Data?:  Yes

11. Used for Forecasting?:  Have not, but could be

12. Comments:  This work is part of a project within the NIEHS and NSF supported Oceans and Human

Health Center of the University of Miami with cooperation from NOAA and Fl Dept of Health.

83) 1. Weisberg, Robert H., Lianyuan Zheng, Alex Barth, and Aida Alvera (Ocean

Circulation Group, USF)

2. Water Body:  Tampa Bay, Charlotte Harbor, and West Florida Shelf

3. Model Name:  Finite Volume Coastal Ocean Model (FVCOM)

4. Model Type: finite difference model with a sigma coordinate in the vertical; 3‐D, baroclinic, and mass

conserving

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  2003, 2004

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max): min <500 m

8. Purpose of Model:   ??

9. Simulation Period:  ??

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10. Validation with Data?:  ??

11. Used for Forecasting?:  ??

12. Comments:  To link the WFS with the major estuaries, in particular Tampa Bay and Charlotte Harbor,

we use the Finite Volume Coastal Ocean Model (FVCOM).  With unstructured triangular grids in the

horizontal the FVCOM allows us to include the estuaries at high resolution (presently less than 500m

in Tampa Bay and Charlotte Harbor) without nesting.  As a finite difference model with a sigma

coordinate in the vertical FVCOM is 3‐D, baroclinic, and mass conserving.  The model is forced by

tides, river discharges, winds, and heat fluxes.  We are experimenting with nesting in HYCOM to

provide open boundary values and hence the effects of the Loop Current on the WFS as in our West

Florida Shelf model.  A 2004 case study was provided to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research

Institute for a habitat suitability modeling study (Rubec et al., 2005).   

84) 1. Weisberg, Robert H., Lianyuan Zheng, Alex Barth, and Aida Alvera (Ocean

Circulation Group, USF)

2. Water Body:  Charlotte Harbor estuary system, inclusive of the Caloosahatchee River,

Estero Bay, and the adjacent Gulf of Mexico

3. Model Name:  ECOM_si

4. Model Type:  3‐D, baroclinic

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  2001

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  ??

8. Purpose of Model:   ??

9. Simulation Period:  ??

10. Validation with Data?:  ??

11. Used for Forecasting?:  ??

12. Comments:  The model is forced by tides, freshwater discharges, and winds.

85) 1. Weisberg, Robert H, Lianyuan Zheng, Alex Barth, and Aida Alvera (Ocean

Circulation Group, USF)

2. Water Body:  Tampa Bay, Sarasota Bay, Manatee River, Pinellas Co. ICW, and the

adjacent WFS

3. Model Name:  FVCOM

4. Model Type:  3‐D, baroclinic

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  2004

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  ??

8. Purpose of Model:   describe the Tampa Bay circulation as driven by rivers, tides, and winds

9. Simulation Period:  ??

10. Validation with Data?:  ??

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11. Used for Forecasting?:  ??

12. Comments:  This model also includes the intracoastal waterways, the four bridge causeways, plus

Sarasota Bay and the Manatee River.  Results for Tampa Bay are given in Weisberg and Zheng (2006).

86) 1. Weisberg, Robert H. and Lianyuan Zheng (Ocean Circulation Group, USF)

2. Water Body:  Rookery Bay, Naples Bay, and Henderson Creek, inclusive of the bounding

Gulf of Mexico

3. Model Name:  FVCOM

4. Model Type:  3‐D, baroclinic

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  2006

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  max = 150m; min = 10m

8. Purpose of Model:   predict salinity variations resulting from freshwater inflow scenarios

9. Simulation Period:  ??

10. Validation with Data?:  ??

11. Used for Forecasting?:  Yes

12. Comments:  The resolution is 150 m at the open boundary and increases to 10 m in Henderson Creek.

87) 1. Weisberg, Robert H., Alex Barth, Aida Alvera, and Lianyuan Zheng (Ocean

Circulation Group, USF)

2. Water Body:  Eastern Gulf of Mexico and West Florida Continental Shelf (WFS)

3. Model Name:  Regional Ocean Model System (ROMS) nested in the 1/12° Atlantic Hybrid Coordinate

Ocean Model (HYCOM)

4. Model Type:  3‐D, baroclinic nowcast/forecast circulation model; ROMS is a hydrostatic, 3‐D, primitive

equation, free surface model using an s‐coordinate in the vertical

5. Model Domain:  from west of the Mississippi River to the Florida Keys

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application: 2004

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  ??

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  ~4 km near coast

8. Purpose of Model:   Circulation

9. Simulation Period:  ??

10. Validation with Data?:  ??

11. Used for Forecasting?:  Yes

12. Comments: The WFS ROMS model bathymetry is based on the ETOPO5 with modifications to correct

certain deficiencies.  The horizontal curvilinear grid has a resolution of ~ 4 km near the coast.  To

account for deep‐ocean effects, particularly by the Gulf of Mexico Loop Current, this regional model

is nested in the data assimilative HYCOM maintained by the Naval Research Laboratory.  The

regional model is further driven by winds, heat flux and rivers.  Nowcast/forecasts for model state

variables including particle trajectory simulations are available at http://ocgweb.marine.usf.edu.  The

model is also used for hindcast studies.

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The present WFS ROMS/HYCOM model evolved from previous applications of the Princeton

Ocean Model (POM) with a similar regional domain.  Numerous hindcast studies were published

with quantitative comparisons made against available observing system data.  A review of these

(Weisberg et al., 2005) is available.

88) 1. Weisberg, Robert H., Lianyuan Zheng, Alex Barth, and Aida Alvera (USF)

2. Water Body:  Eastern Gulf of Mexico and West Florida Shelf

3. Model Name:  FVCOM

4. Model Type:  finite difference, 3‐D, baroclinic

5. Model Domain:

a) Inshore distance: ??

b) Offshore distance:   ??

c) Alongshore distance:  ??

6. Year of Model Development/Application:  ??

7. Model Grid:   

a) Grid type:  uses unstructured grids horizontally but solves the equations of motion by finite

difference and hence is mass conserving in its 3‐D, baroclinic usage

b) Grid resolution (min, avg, max):  ??

8. Purpose of Model:   For higher resolution over the inner shelf and the estuaries

9. Simulation Period:  ??

10. Validation with Data?:  ??

11. Used for Forecasting?:  ??

12. Comments: This FVCOM construct also has provision for a biological sub‐model.   Both the

ROMS/HYCOM and the FVCOM models have provision for fully 3‐D Lagrangian particle tracking.

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Contact Info as of January 2007:

Bottcher, Del; Soil and Water Engineering Technology, Inc.; 3448 NW 12th Avenue, Gainesville, FL; (352) 378-7372

Chen, XinJian; Southwest Florida Water Management District; 7601 Highway 301 North; (813) 985-7481;

xinjian.chen@swfwmd.state.fl.us

Christian, Dave; SJRWMD; dchristi@sjrwmd.com

Cunningham, Brett; Jones Edmunds & Associates; 730 NE Waldo Road. Gainesville, FL 32641-5699; 

bcunningham@jea.net

Driscoll, Andrew; DHI Water and Environment Inc.; 8 Neshaminy Interplex, Suite 219, Trevose, PA 19053 

215-244-5344; amd@dhigroup.com

Dynamic Solutions, LLC; 322 Nancy Lynn Lane, Suite 1, Knoxville, TN 37919; (865) 212-3331, Fax: 212-3398

Edmiston, Lee; Apalachicola Nat’l Estuarine Research Reserve; lee.edmiston@dep.state.fl.us

Erickson, Karen; Ericson Consulting Engineers, Karyn@ericksonconsultingengineers.com 

Hagen, Scott; Univ. of Central Florida, Coastal Hydroscience Analysis, Modeling & Predictive Simulations Laboratory; 

(407) 823-3903; shagen@mail.ucf.edu; http://champs.cecs.ucf.edu

Halliwell, George; UM, RSMAS; 305-421-4621; ghalliwell@rsmas.miami.edu

Harwell, Mark; NOAA; (305) 361-4157; mark.harwell@famu.edu

Heyl, Mike; Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD); (813) 985-7481 ext. 2211;

Mike.Heyl@watermatters.org 

Huang, Wenrui; FAMU-FSU College of Engineering; whuang@eng.fsu.edu

Janicki, Tony; Janicki Environmental, 1155 Eden Isle Drive. St. Petersburg, FL 33704, (727) 895-7722;

tjanicki@janickienvironmental.com

Kourafalou, Villy; University of Miami, (305) 421-4905; vkourafalou@rsmas.miami.edu

Luther, Mark; Univ. of South Florida; (727) 553-1528; luther@marine.usf.edu

Ly, L. N.; Applied Science International, 5305-31 Av Ct, Moline, IL 61265 United States; 

International Institute of Technology and Management, 266 Doi Can Str., Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Viet Nam;

le_ASI@yahoo.com

Madden, Chris; South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), (561) 686-8800 Ext. 4647; chris.madden@sfwmd.gov

McDonald, Amanda; South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD); amanda.mcdonald@sfwmd.gov

Mooers, Chris; Univ. Miami, RSMAS; (305) 421-4088, 4160; cmooers@rsmas.miami.edu

Morey, Steven; Florida State Univ., Dept. of Oceanography, Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, 2035 E. Paul

Dirac Drive - Suite 200, Tallahassee, FL 32310; 850-644-0345; morey@coaps.fsu.edu

Moustaffa, Zaki; South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), (561) 753-2471; moustafa@sfwmd.gov 

Pratt; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Thad.C.Pratt@erdc.usace.army.mil; 

http://chl.erdc.usace.army.mil/chl.aspx?p=s&a=Projects;169 

Sheng, Peter; Univ. of Florida; (352) 392-9537 ext: 1521; pete@coastal.ufl.edu

Solo-Gabriele, Helena; Univ. of Miami, RSMAS/AMP; 

Stewart, Joe; St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD); 

Sucsy, Pete; St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD); phone: (305) 361-4300, cell: (305) 905-9666

Taylor Engineering; 9000 Cypress Green Dr., Suite 200, Jacksonville, Florida 32256, Tel. (904) 731 7040, Fax (904) 731

9847

Walsh, John, Univ. of South Florida; (727) 553-1164; jwalsh@marine.usf.edu

Walton, Ray, West Consultants; rwalton@westconsultants.com

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Wang ̧ John D.; Univ. of Miami, RSMAS/AMP; (305) 421-4648; jwang@rsmas.miami.edu

Weisburg, Robert; Univ. of South Florida; (727) 553-1568; weisburg@marine.usf.edu

Wu, Tien-Shuenn; FL Dept. of Environ. Protection; (850) 245-8457; Tien-Shuenn.Wu@dep.state.fl.us

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