Scottish Shelf Model

Marine Scotland has led the development of a suite of hydrodynamic models of Scottish continental shelf waters, the Scottish Shelf Model (SSM). These models have a wide range of marine science and policy applications. The initial model development was contracted out by the Scottish Government to CH2M Hill who worked on the project in conjunction with the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Liverpool. The project was completed at the start of 2016. Marine Scotland Science (MSS) is now the custodian of the SSM and is continuing to develop and integrate the models with their existing hydrodynamic models. The models, and the model outputs, are available to the wider marine science community.

For more information please sea the Marine Scotland Science Scottish Shelf Model web pages: http://marine.gov.scot/themes/scottish-shelf-model

