Research Models

 Models
PIE researchers use a number of complementary or linked descriptive, predictive, and theoretical models to integrate and synthesize their research.

WATERSHED
FrAMES Framework for Aquatic  Modeling in the Earth System
MUSLE Modified Universal Soil Loss Equation
GEOMORPHOLOGY and HYDRODYNAMICS
Delft/SWAN Delft University of Technolgy hydrodynamic model linked to Simulation WAves Nearshore model
LC Analysis Land-use Change analysis
Hydro-MEM Hydrodynamic model linked to Marsh Equilibrium Model
BIOGEOCHEMISTRY
MEP-Darwin Maximum Entropy Production with Darwinian solution
MEP-OC Maximum Entropy Production with receding horizon  Optimal Control solution
CONSUMER DYNAMICS and FOOD WEBS
SEM Structured Equation Modeling
Food Web Topology Bayesian approaches to model species interaction strengths
Isotope Modeling Combining stable isotope reverse modeling with community module approach to evaluate changes in species niche space