Model of Ecosystem Dynamics, nutrient Utilisation, Sequestration and Acidification (MEDUSA)
MEDUSA is a marine biogeochemistry model of the ocean’s carbon and nutrient cycles. It has been developed across a series of UK National Capability programmes.
MEDUSA is typically run in high-resolution configurations for forced-ocean hindcasts (observation-based recent past) and for future projections. It is the marine biogeochemistry component of the UK’s Earth System Model, UKESM, and participated in CMIPs 6 7 (the latter ongoing).
Dr Andrew Yool, National Oceanography Centre
December 2007 – March 2024
NERC – National Capability
Key Project Information
To model what matters most for today’s marine research and policy questions: from the coast to the open ocean, from the ocean’s surface to the deep sea, and from physics to plankton to fish to people.
To develop a world-leading marine biogeochemical model that incorporates all first-order processes cost-effectively for high-resolution studies and climate change projections.
To model what matters most for today’s marine research and policy questions: from the coast to the open ocean, from the ocean’s surface to the deep sea, and from physics to plankton to fish to people.
Visit the code page on the MEDUSA site
