Anticipating ecosystem behavior under different environmental conditions.
The ecosys modeling program is dedicated to the construction and testing of a comprehensive mathematical model ("ecosys") of natural and managed ecosystems (agriculture, forests, savannah, grassland, tundra, desert). The long-term objectives of this program are to provide a means to anticipate ecosystem behaviour under different environmental conditions (soils, climates and managements).
This research program will support planning for the impacts of climate, land use practices and soil management on primary productivity, soil and atmospheric quality and associated resource requirements (e.g. water, fertilizer) of terrestrial ecosystems as part of several national and international research programs.
In the EEE project, the Grid Research Centre will develop a system that facilitates head researcher Dr. Grant or any member of his research team in conducting an "ecosys experiment." By incorporating various cyberinfrastructure components, the proposed system would eliminate the dependence on a programmer. The GRC will investigate workflow management, metascheduling, grid middleware, data management and reusable web portlets to see how they could potentially be integrated into the EEE project.
