Ocean Science www.ocean-sci.net 1812-0784 1812-0792 5 1 2009 10.5194/os-5-29-2009 http://www.ocean-sci.net/5/29/2009/ http://www.ocean-sci.net/5/29/2009/os-5-29-2009.html http://www.ocean-sci.net/5/29/2009/os-5-29-2009.pdf 29 46 2009-02-20 Eastern Mediterranean biogeochemical flux model – Simulations of the pelagic ecosystem G. Petihakis pet@her.hcmr.gr G. Triantafyllou K. Tsiaras G. Korres A. Pollani I. Hoteit Institute of Oceanography, Hellenic Center for Marine Research, P.O. BOX 2214, Iraklion-Crete Greece, GR 71003, Greece Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, USA During the second phase (2003–2006) of the Mediterranean ocean Forecasting System Project (MFS) named Toward Environmental Predictions (MFSTEP) one of the three major aims was the development of numerical forecasting systems. In this context a generic Biogeochemical Flux Model (BFM) was developed and coupled with hydrodynamic models already operating at basin scale as well as in regional areas. 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