Release ~ Workshop ~ Description ~ Code ~ User's Guide ~ Publications
The LTRANS model will be released as open-source code and posted on this web page and linked to the Chesapeake Community Modeling Program web page before or on July 17, 2008.
Workshop ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
LTRANS model creators Elizabeth North and Zachary Schlag will host a 2-day workshop at which we will describe the LTRANS model and help people implement it in their own model domain. The workshop will be held in the Aquaculture and Restoration Ecology building of University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) Horn Point Laboratory. We will meet in the lecture hall of the Aquaculture and Restoration Ecology Building (see map).
Information for workshop participants is located here: Workshop Participants Page.
The workshop agenda is:July 17, 2008: Lectures and group tutorials
| 9:00 - 10:00 | Registration, set up computers and internet connections |
| 10:00 - 10:10 | Welcome by Mike Roman, Director of UMCES Horn Point Laboratory |
| 10:10 - 10:20 | Welcome by Kevin Seller, Director of Chesapeake Research Consortium |
| 10:20 - 11:00 | LTRANS History and Applications |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Model structure |
| 12:00 - 1:00 | Lunch provided by Chesapeake Research Consortium |
| 1:00 - 2:30 | Subroutines |
| 2:30 - 3:00 | Graphics programs for visualizing output |
| 3:00 - 3:30 | Break |
| 3:30 - 5:00 | Steps to implement LTRANS |
| 6:00 - 8:00 | Dinner provided by UMCES Horn Point Laboratory |
July 18, 2008: Implement LTRANS in your domain with our help
| 9:00 - 9:15 | Welcome back and agenda |
| 9:15 - noon | Hands-on workshop |
| 12:00 - 1:00 | Lunch provided by Chesapeake Research Consortium |
| 1:00 - 3:30 | Hands-on workshop |
| 3:30 - 4:00 | Share progress, wrap up, and next steps |
We will record the presentations during the first day of the workshop and post them on this website. If you would like to know when they are posted, or if you have questions about the workshop, please e-mail LTRANS@hpl.umces.edu.
Many thanks to UMCES Horn Point Laboratory and Chesapeake Research Consortium for sponsoring the workshop!
A brief description of the LTRANS particle-tracking model can be found here (68 KB .pdf). Here is a citation for a peer-reviewed paper that describes the application of the LTRANS model to oyster larvae transport:
North, E. W., Z. Schlag, R. R. Hood, M. Li, L. Zhong, T. Gross, and V. S. Kennedy. 2008. Vertical swimming behavior influences the dispersal of simulated oyster larvae in a coupled particle-tracking and hydrodynamic model of Chesapeake Bay. Marine Ecology Progress Series 359: 99-115 (request .pdf).
A web page with summary information and model animations about this application can be found here. The code for the graphics program that created the animated images will also released in mid-July.
(to be posted in mid-July, 2008).
LTRANS Users Guide ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(to be posted in mid-July, 2008)
LTRANS Workshop Presentations ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(to be posted in early August, 2008)
LTRANS Publications ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
North, E. W., R. R. Hood, S.-Y. Chao, and L. P. Sanford. 2006. Using a random displacement model to simulate turbulent particle motion in a baroclinic frontal zone: a new implementation scheme and model performance tests. Journal of Marine Systems 60: 365-380 (request .pdf).
North, E. W., Z. Schlag, R. R. Hood, L. Zhong, M. Li, and T. Gross. 2006. Modeling dispersal of Crassostrea ariakensis oyster larvae in Chesapeake Bay. Final Report to Maryland Department of Natural Resources, July 31, 2006. 55 p. (request .pdf)
North, E. W., Z. Schlag, R. R. Hood, M. Li, L. Zhong, T. Gross, and V. S. Kennedy. 2008. Vertical swimming behavior influences the dispersal of simulated oyster larvae in a coupled particle-tracking and hydrodynamic model of Chesapeake Bay. Marine Ecology Progress Series 359: 99-115 (request .pdf).
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