COMPASS-FME: Coastal Observations, Mechanisms, and Predictions Across Systems and Scales (COMPASS) Field, Measurements, and Experiments (FME) Pilot Study

This multi-institutional effort is designed to understand the interactions of local living organisms with their physical surroundings and the biological, chemical, and geological processes of microbes,

microbe

Microbes are tiny living things that are found all around us and are too small to be seen by the naked eye. They live in water, soil, and in the air.

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waters, soils, and plants within coastal systems. Our work will inform the development, testing, and application of computer models at select sites in the Chesapeake Bay and Lake Erie regions with a goal to enhance predictive understanding

predictive understanding

Predictive understanding refers to the ability of a system, typically an artificial intelligence or machine learning model, to anticipate future events or outcomes based on historical data and patterns.

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of freshwater and marine water coastal systems.