#structural uncertainty

[bjrobson]

authors: Melinda K. Ehrich and Lora A. Harris

Why I like it: The authors carefully compare three existing oyster filtration models and present an alternative, individual based model. I particularly liked the way they explained their motivation: "Modelers rarely highlight [structural and performance] differences and focus instead on calibration, “tuning” or “fitting”, parameters so that output of state variables match available data. This results in greater uncertainty in what factors are driving a given rate process, and negate the utility of using modeling as a means to explore hypotheses."

[bjrobson]

authors: H. Hasumi and T. Nagata

Why I like it: As well as being a nice comparison of the implications of two different biogeochemical model structures, it's good to see global 3D biogeochemical models starting to emerge in the literature. As a coastal modeller, I'm looking forward to these being available to provide better open boundary conditions!