Macrosystems EDDIE Module 3: Teleconnections

Ecosystems can be influenced by teleconnections, in which
meteorological, societal, and/or ecological phenomenon link remote
regions via cause and effect relationships. Because it is difficult to
predict how ecosystems will respond to drivers from remote regions,
many researchers are using models to simulate different teleconnection
scenarios and see how ecosystems respond. For example, lake simulation
models provide a powerful tool for exploring how lake thermal
structure and ice cover respond to climate teleconnections such as the
El Nino/Southern Oscillation (ENSO). In this module, students will learn how to set up a lake model and
"force" the model with climate scenarios to test hypotheses
about how far-away drivers interact with local lake characteristics to
affect lake temperatures and ice cover in different lakes. The
overarching goal of this module is for students to explore new
modeling and computing tools while learning fundamental concepts about
how teleconnections affect lake temperatures and ice cover. The A-B-C
structure of this module makes it flexible and adaptable to a range of
student levels and course structures. This dataset contains instructional materials and the files necessary
to run the complete module. Readers are referred to the GLM science
manual (Hipsey et al. 2014; 2019) for further details on model
configuration.