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Modeling Lab Action Team

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Scope and Purpose

The Modeling Lab Action Team is committed to proceeding forward with more in-depth evaluation of the recommendation for establishing a Chesapeake Bay Modeling Laboratory and other alternatives to achieve the recommendations of the NRC committee. The action team will report back to the Management Board on its findings, options, and recommendations. In turn, the Management Board would then decide on what specific recommendations to put forward for deliberation and final decisions by the Principals’ Staff Committee.

Responsibilties

  • Evaluation of other existing modeling laboratories and adaptive management programs that encompass modeling, addressing how they function and how applicable their structure, and mandate is to the Chesapeake Bay Program Partnership.
  • Consideration of the range of options for what would constitute a Chesapeake Bay modeling laboratory, a virtual laboratory, or responsive program reorganization that is capable of carrying out the functions outlined by the NRC committee and addressing the series of existing STAC and the jurisdictions’ recommendations on modeling.
  • Development of options and recommendations for actual institutional sponsorship and how the laboratory would function for carrying out mandates.
  • Assessment of the possible range of financial investments and funding mechanisms required.

Why a Modeling Lab?

  • Evaluating uncertainty in model simulations and assessing monitoring data needs
  • Improve the predictive skill of the models
  • Improve model credibility
  • Incorporating multiple modeling approaches
  • Emphasize open-source models exercised cooperatively with the scientific community

Projects and Resources

Modeling Laboratory Action Team Support Documents

  • 2011 NAS/NRC Report (5.82 MB)
  • CBPO WQGIT Modeling Priorities Summary (301.9 KB)
  • Process for Establishing the Chesapeake Bay Modeling Laboratory (249.99 KB)
  • STAC Modeling Recommendations Summary (256.88 KB)
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  • Members

    • Mark Bennett (Chair), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

      Address:
      1730 East Parham Road
      Richmond Virginia 23228

      • Email: mrbennet@usgs.gov
      • Phone: (804) 261-2643
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    • Larry Band, University of North Carolina

      Address:
      UNC Department of Geography Saunders Hall Campus Box 3220
      Chapel Hill North Carolina 27599

      • Email: lband@email.unc.edu
      • Phone: (919) 962-3921
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    • Heather Cisar, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Baltimore District

      Address:
      10 South Howard Street
      Baltimore Maryland 21203

      • Email: heather.r.cisar@usace.army.mil
      • Phone: (410) 962-2911
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    • Lee Currey, Maryland Department of the Environment

      Address:
      1800 Washington Boulevard
      Suite 540
      Baltimore Maryland 21230

      • Email: lcurrey@mde.state.md.us
      • Phone: (410) 537-3913
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    • Dominic Di Toro, University of Delaware

      Address:
      356 DuPont Hall University of Delaware
      Newark Delaware 19716

      • Email: dditoro@udel.edu
      • Phone: (302) 831-4092
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    • Theo Dillaha, Virginia Tech

      Address:
      310 Seitz Hall
      Blacksburg Virginia 24061

      • Email: dillaha@vt.edu
      • Phone: (540) 231-6813
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    • Marjy Friedrichs, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)

      Address:
      Rt. 1208 Greate Road
      Gloucester Point Virginia 23062-1346

      • Email: marjy@VIMS.edu
      • Phone: (804) 684-7695
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    • Amy Guise, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Baltimore District

      Address:
      US Army Engineer District, 10 South Howard St Baltimore City Crescent Building
      Baltimore Maryland 21201

      • Email: Amy.m.guise@usace.army.mil
      • Phone: (410) 962-6138
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    • Raleigh Hood, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES)

      Address:
      P.O. Box 775
      Cambridge Maryland 21613

      • Email: rhood@hpl.umces.edu
      • Phone: (410) 221-8434
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    • Bill Keeling, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality

      Address:
      P O Box 1105
      Richmond Virginia 23218

      • Email: william.keeling@deq.virginia.gov
      • Phone: (804) 698-4342
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    • Lewis Linker, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency


      Modeling Coordinator

      Address:
      1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
      Annapolis Maryland 21401

      • Email: linker.lewis@epa.gov
      • Phone: (410) 267-5741
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    • Rick Luettich, University of North Carolina

      Address:
      UNC Marine Sciences Program 150 Coker Hall 3431 Arendell Street
      Morehead City North Carolina 28557

      • Email: rick_luettich@unc.edu
      • Phone: (252) 726-6841
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    • Dave Montali, Tetra Tech, West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection

      Address:
      601 57th St SE
      Charleston West Virginia 25304

      • Email: dave.montali@tetratech.com
      • Phone: (304) 414-0054
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    • Kevin Sellner, Chesapeake Research Consortium, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC)

      Address:
      645 Contees Wharf Rd.
      Edgewater Maryland 21037

      • Email: sellnerk@si.edu
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    • Gary Shenk, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)


      Hydrologist

      Address:
      1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
      Annapolis Maryland 21401

      • Email: gshenk@chesapeakebay.net
      • Phone: (410) 507-2681
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    • Ted Tesler, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

      Address:
      P.O. Box 2063
      400 Market Street, 2nd Floor
      Harrisburg Pennsylvania 17105

      • Email: thtesler@state.pa.us
      • Phone: (717) 772-5621
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    • Howard Townsend, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service

      Address:
      Cooperative Oxford Lab 904 S. Morris Street
      Oxford Maryland 21654

      • Email: Howard.Townsend@noaa.gov
      • Phone: (410) 226-5193
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    • Don Weller, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC)

      Address:
      647 Contees Wharf Road
      Edgewater Maryland 21037-0028

      • Email: wellerd@si.edu
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    • Claire Welty, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), University of Maryland Baltimore County

      Address:
      1000 Hilltop Circle TRC 102
      Baltimore Maryland 21250

      • Email: weltyc@umbc.edu
      • Phone: (410) 455-1766
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