MPAS-Coastal ocean dynamics

1.Poster Title	MPAS-Coastal: A pathway for including coastal dynamics and impacts in ACME V2
2.Authors	Todd Ringler (Unlicensed), Doug Jacobsen (Unlicensed), Mark Petersen, Mathew Maltrud, Milena Veneziani, Philip Jones, Phillip Wolfram, Joel Rowland, Cathy Wilson
3.Group	Ocean/Ice
4.Experiment
5.Poster Category	Future Direction
6.Submission Type	poster
7.Poster Link	MPASCoastal.pdf

Abstract

The multi-scale capability of the Model for Prediction Across Scale (MPAS) modeling approach could be extended to include direct simulation of coastal ocean processes as a part of the global ACME system. Coastal processes will mediate many of the societally-relevant impacts driven by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, including regional sea-level rise, coastal ecosystem dynamics, inundation frequency, and fisheries. Depending on the specific science applications, these coastal processes could be included using a high-resolution region within MPAS-Ocean or as a new ACME "component" designed specifically to simulate coastal ocean dynamics, MPAS-Coastal.