Dr. Kate Hedstrom implements coupled sea-ice and ocean numerical models. Integrations are used to assist oil spill risk analyses, oil spill response planning efforts, climate studies, and scientific studies of volume, heat and fresh water fluxes and their pathways. They are configured with both regional and highly idealized setups with moderate (~12 km) to high-resolution (500 m) grid dimensions and with integration intervals of up to six decades in length. Model-data comparisons are used to assess model performance.

Past models run under the Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS) include the following models, with links to associated publications:

• Pan-Arctic Regional Ocean Model Setup (PAROMS)

• Northwest Gulf of Alaska (NWGOA)

• Idealized Bering Shelf model

• Idealized Chukchi Shelf models studying eddies, heat flux and wind

• Alaska Region Vertically Integrated (ARVI) model

• Northeast Pacific (NEP) model