BFM Report Series

1. BFM core manual (.pdf)

Vichi M., Lovato T., Butenschön M., Tedesco L., Lazzari P., Cossarini G., Masina S., Pinardi N., Solidoro C., Zavatarelli M. (2023). The Biogeochemical Flux Model (BFM): Equation Description and User Manual. BFM version 5.3. BFM Report series N. 1, Release 1.3, February 2023, Bologna, Italy, http://bfm-community.eu, pp. 104

2. BFM-NEMO coupling (.pdf)

Lovato T., and Butenschön M. (2023). Coupling BFM with Ocean models: the NEMO model V4.2 (Nucleus for the European Modelling of the Ocean). BFM Report series N. 2, Release 2.0, February 2023, Bologna, Italy, http://bfm-community.eu, pp. 30

3. BFM-POM1D coupling (.pdf)

Zavatarelli M., Pinardi N., Mussap G., Lovato T., Amadio C., Mentaschi L., Butenschön M., Vichi M. (2023). Coupling BFM with Ocean models: the 1D Princeton Ocean Model. BFM Report series N. 3, Release 1.1, February 2023, Bologna, Italy, http://bfm-community.eu, pp. 58

4. BFM-OGSTM coupling (.pdf)

Lazzari, P., Bolzon, G. (2023). Coupling BFM with OGSTM model. BFM Report series N. 4, Release 1.0, February 2023, Trieste, Italy, http://bfm-community.eu, pp. 17

5. BFM-MITgcm coupling (.pdf)

Querin S., Cossarini G., Lazzari, P., Bolzon, G. (2023). Coupling BFM with MITgcm model. BFM Report series N. 5, Release 1.0, April 2023, Trieste, Italy, http://bfm-community.eu, pp. 13

6. BFM-FABM coupling (.pdf)

Álvarez, E., Teruzzi, A., Lazzari, P., Occhipinti, G., Cossarini, G., Bruggeman, J. (2023). Coupling BFM with FABM. BFM Report series N. 6, Release 1.0, April 2023, Trieste, Italy, http://bfm-community.eu, pp. 19


Previous BFM releases


Scientific Bibliography (BibTex)

2024

Mentaschi, L., Lovato, T., Butenschön, M., Alessandri, J., Aragão, L., Verri, G.Guerra, G., Coppini, G., Pinardi, N. (2024). Projected climate oligotrophication of the Adriatic marine ecosystems. Frontiers in Climate, 6, 1338374.

2023

Álvarez, E., Cossarini, G., Teruzzi, A., Bruggeman, J., Bolding, K., Ciavatta, S., … & Lazzari, P. (2023). Chromophoric dissolved organic matter dynamics revealed through the optimization of an optical–biogeochemical model in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Biogeosciences, 20(22), 4591-4624.

Kim, H. H., Laufkötter, C., Lovato, T., Doney, S. C., & Ducklow, H. W. (2023). Projected 21st-century changes in marine heterotrophic bacteria under climate change. Frontiers in Microbiology, 14.

2022

Campbell, K., Matero, I., Bellas, C., Turpin-Jelfs, T., Anhaus, P., Graeve, M., … & Nicolaus, M. (2022). Monitoring a changing Arctic: Recent advancements in the study of sea ice microbial communities. Ambio, 51(2), 318-332.

Reale, M., Cossarini, G., Lazzari, P., Lovato, T., Bolzon, G., Masina, S., … & Salon, S. (2022). Acidification, deoxygenation, and nutrient and biomass declines in a warming Mediterranean Sea. Biogeosciences, 19(17), 4035-4065.

Lovato, T., Peano, D., Butenschön, M., Materia, S., Iovino, D., Scoccimarro, E., … & Navarra, A. (2022). CMIP6 Simulations With the CMCC Earth System Model (CMCC‐ESM2). Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 14(3), e2021MS002814.

Di Biagio, V., Salon, S., Feudale, L., & Cossarini, G. (2022). Subsurface oxygen maximum in oligotrophic marine ecosystems: mapping the interaction between physical and biogeochemical processes. Biogeosciences Discussions, 1-33.

Solidoro, C., Cossarini, G., Lazzari, P., Galli, G., Bolzon, G., Somot, S., & Salon, S. (2022). Modeling Carbon Budgets and Acidification in the Mediterranean Sea Ecosystem Under Contemporary and Future Climate. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8.

2021

Butenschön, M., Lovato, T., Masina, S., Caserini, S., & Grosso, M. (2021). Alkalinization scenarios in the Mediterranean Sea for efficient removal of atmospheric CO2 and the mitigation of ocean acidification. Frontiers in Climate, 3, 614537.

Cossarini, G., Feudale, L., Teruzzi, A., Bolzon, G., Coidessa, G., Solidoro, C., … & Salon, S. (2021). High-Resolution Reanalysis of the Mediterranean Sea Biogeochemistry (1999–2019). Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, 741486.

Lazzari, P., Salon, S., Terzić, E., Gregg, W. W., d’Ortenzio, F., Vellucci, V., … & Antoine, D. (2021). Assessment of the spectral downward irradiance at the surface of the Mediterranean Sea using the radiative Ocean-Atmosphere Spectral Irradiance Model (OASIM). Ocean Science, 17(3), 675-697.

Terzić, E., Salon, S., Cossarini, G., Solidoro, C., Teruzzi, A., Miró, A., & Lazzari, P. (2021). Impact of interannually variable diffuse attenuation coefficients for downwelling irradiance on biogeochemical modelling. Ocean Modelling, 161, 101793.

2020

Di Biagio, V., Cossarini, G., Salon, S., & Solidoro, C. (2020). Extreme event waves in marine ecosystems: an application to Mediterranean Sea surface chlorophyll. Biogeosciences, 17(23), 5967-5988.

2019

Tedesco, L., Vichi, M. and Scoccimarro, E., 2019. Sea-ice algal phenology in a warmer Arctic. Science Advances, 5(5), p.eaav4830.

2018

Fransner, F., Gustafsson, E., Tedesco, L., Vichi, M., Hordoir, R., Roquet, F.,Spilling, K., Kuznetsov, I., Eilola, K., Mörth, C.-M., Humborg, C., Nycander, J. (2018). Non‐Redfieldian Dynamics Explain Seasonal pCO2 Drawdown in the Gulf of Bothnia. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123(1), 166-188.

Fransner, F., Fransson, A., Humborg, C., Gustafsson, E., Tedesco, L., Hordoir, R. and Nycander, J., 2019. Remineralization rate of terrestrial DOC as inferred from CO 2 supersaturated coastal waters. Biogeosciences, 16(4), pp.863-879.

2017

Mussap, G., & Zavatarelli, M. (2017). A numerical study of the benthic–pelagic coupling in a shallow shelf sea (Gulf of Trieste). Regional Studies in Marine Science, 9, 24-34.

Cossarini, G., Querin, S., Solidoro, C., Sannino, G., Lazzari, P., Di Biagio, V., & Bolzon, G. (2017). Development of BFMCOUPLER (v1. 0), the coupling scheme that links the MITgcm and BFM models for ocean biogeochemistry simulations. Geoscientific Model Development, 10(4), 1423.

Tedesco, L., Miettunen, E., An, B. W., Haapala, J., & Kaartokallio, H. (2017). Long-term mesoscale variability of modelled sea-ice primary production in the northern Baltic Sea. Elem Sci Anth, 5.

Thomas, D. N., Kaartokallio, H., Tedesco, L., Majaneva, M., Piiparinen, J., Eronen-Rasimus, E., Rintala, J.-M., Kuosa, H., Blomster, J., Vainio, J., Granskog, M. A. (2017). Life associated with Baltic Sea ice. In Biological oceanography of the Baltic Sea (pp. 333-357). Springer, Dordrecht.

2016

Epicoco, I., Mocavero, S., Macchia, F., Vichi, M., Lovato, T., Masina, S., Aloisio, G. (2016). Performance and results of the high-resolution biogeochemical model PELAGOS025 v1. 0 within NEMO v3. 4. Geoscientific Model Development, 9, 2115-2128.

Lazzari, P., Solidoro, C., Salon, S., & Bolzon, G. (2016). Spatial variability of phosphate and nitrate in the Mediterranean Sea: A modeling approach. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 108, 39-52.

Visinelli, L., Masina, S., Vichi, M., Storto, A., Lovato, T. (2016). Impacts of data assimilation on the global ocean carbonate system. Journal of Marine Systems, 158, 106-119.

Tedesco, L., Piroddi, C., Kämäri, M., & Lynam, C. (2016). Capabilities of Baltic Sea models to assess environmental status for marine biodiversity. Marine Policy, 70, 1-12.

Tagliabue, A., Aumont, O., DeAth, R., Dunne, J. P., Dutkiewicz, S., Galbraith, E., Misumi, K., Moore, J.K., Ridgwell, A., Sherman, E., Stock, C., Vichi, M., Völker, C., Yool, A. (2016). How well do global ocean biogeochemistry models simulate dissolved iron distributions?. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 30(2), 149-174.

2015

McKiver, W. J., Vichi, M., Lovato, T., Storto, A., & Masina, S. (2015). Impact of increased grid resolution on global marine biogeochemistry. Journal of Marine Systems, 147, 153-168.

Canu, D. M., Ghermandi, A., Nunes, P. A., Lazzari, P., Cossarini, G., Solidoro, C. (2015). Estimating the value of carbon sequestration ecosystem services in the Mediterranean Sea: An ecological economics approach. Global Environmental Change, 32, 87-95.

Cossarini, G., Lazzari, P., Solidoro, C. (2015). Spatiotemporal variability of alkalinity in the Mediterranean Sea. Biogeosciences, 12(6), 1647-1658.

Piroddi, C., Teixeira, H., Lynam, C. P., Smith, C., Alvarez, M. C., Mazik, K., Andonegi, E., Churilova, T., Tedesco, L., Chust, G. (2015). Using ecological models to assess ecosystem status in support of the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive. Ecological indicators, 58, 175-191.

Eilola, K., Almroth-Rosell, E., Edman, M., Eremina, T., Larsen, J., Janas, U., Razinkovas-Basiukas, A., Timmermann, K., Tedesco, L., Voloshchuk, E. (2015). Model set-up at COCOA study sites. SMHI.

2014

Tedesco, L., & Vichi, M. (2014). Sea ice biogeochemistry: A guide for modellers. PloS one, 9(2), e89217.

Lazzari, P., Mattia, G., Solidoro, C., Salon, S., Crise, A., Zavatarelli, M., Oddo, P., Vichi, M. The impacts of climate change and environmental management policies on the trophic regimes in the Mediterranean Sea: Scenario analyses. Journal of Marine Systems 135 (2014): 137-149.

Lamon, L., Rizzi, J., Bonaduce, A., Dubois, C., Lazzari, P., Ghenim, L., Gana, S., Somot, S., Li, L., Melaku Canu, D., Solidoro, C., Pinardi, N., Marcomini, A. (2014). An ensemble of models for identifying climate change scenarios in the Gulf of Gabes, Tunisia. Reg Environ Change, DOI 10.1007/s10113-013-0430-x.

2013

Ruggio, R., Vichi, M., Paparella, F., & Masina, S. (2013). Climatic trends of the equatorial undercurrent: A backup mechanism for sustaining the equatorial Pacific production. Journal of Marine Systems, 121, 11-23.

Cagnazzo, C., Manzini, E., Fogli, P. G., Vichi, M., & Davini, P. (2013). Role of stratospheric dynamics in the ozone–carbon connection in the Southern Hemisphere. Climate dynamics, 41(11-12), 3039-3054.

Vichi, M., Navarra, A., Fogli, P. G. (2013). Adjustment of the natural ocean carbon cycle to negative emission rates. Climatic Change, 118(1), 105-118. DOI: 10.1007/s10584-012-0677-0. [Download]

Mattia, G., M. Zavatarelli, M. Vichi, and P. Oddo (2013), The Eastern Mediterranean Sea biogeochemical dynamics in the 1990s: A numerical study, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 118, 2231–2248, doi:10.1002/jgrc.20160.

Fraysse M, Pinazo C, Faure VM, Fuchs R, Lazzari P, Raimbault P, Pairaud I (2013) Development of a 3D Coupled Physical-Biogeochemical Model for the Marseille Coastal Area (NW Mediterranean Sea): What Complexity Is Required in the Coastal Zone? PLoS ONE 8(12): e80012. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0080012

2012

Alessandri, A., Fogli, P. G., Vichi, M., and Zeng, N. (2012) Strengthening of the hydrological cycle in future scenarios: atmospheric energy and water balance perspective, Earth Syst. Dynam., 3, 199-212, doi:10.5194/esd-3-199-2012

Patara, L., M. Vichi, and S. Masina, 2012, Impacts of natural and anthropogenic climate variations on north pacific plankton in an earth system model, Ecol. Model., 244, 132–147, 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.06.012.

Butenschön, M., Zavatarelli, M., 2012. A comparison of different version of the SEEK filter for assimilation of biogeochemical data in numerical models of marine ecosystem dynamics. Ocean Modelling, 4–55, 37–54, 10.1016/j.ocemod.2012.06.003.

Butenschön, M., Zavatarelli, M., Vichi, M., 2012. Sensitivity of a marine coupled physical biogeochemical model to time resolution, integration scheme and time splitting method. Ocean Modelling, 52–53, 36–53, doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2012.04.008.

Lazzari, P., Solidoro, C., Ibello, V., Salon, S., Teruzzi, A., Béranger, K., Colella, S., Crise, A: Seasonal and inter-annual variability of plankton chlorophyll and primary production in the Mediterranean Sea: a modelling approach.Biogeosciences, 9, 217-233, doi:10.5194/bg-9-217-2012, 2012.

Patara, L., Vichi, M., Masina, S., Fogli, P. G. and Manzini, E. (2012) Global response to solar radiation absorbed by phytoplankton in a coupled climate model. Climate Dynamics . doi:10.1007/s00382-012-1300-9.

Tedesco, L., Vichi, M., and Thomas, D. N., 2012. Process studies on the ecological coupling between sea ice algae and phytoplankton. Ecological Modelling, 226, 120-138. doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.11.011

Cheptsov, A., Koller, B., Adami, D., Davoli, F., Mueller, S., Meyer, N., Lazzari, P., Salon, S., Watzl, J., Schiffers, M., Kranzlmueller, D., 2012. e-Infrastructure for Remote Instrumentation, Computer Standards & Interfaces. doi:10.1016/j.csi.2011.10.012

2011

Berline, L., Stemmann, L., Vichi, M., Lombard, F., and Gorsky, G., 2011. Impact of appendicularians on detritus and export fluxes: a model approach at DyFAMed site. Journal of Plankton Research, 33, 855-872, doi:10.1093/plankt/fbq163

Patara, L., Visbeck, M., Masina, S., Krahmann, G., and Vichi, M., 2011. Marine biogeochemical responses to the North Atlantic Oscillation in a coupled climate model. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116. doi:10.1029/2010JC006785

Teruzzi, A., Salon, S., Bolzon, G., Lazzari, P., Ficarelli, F., Solidoro, C., Crise, A., 2011. Operational forecasts of the biogeochemical state of Mediterranean Sea. Mercator Ocean Quarterly Newsletter, 40, 15-25.

Vichi, M., Manzini, E., Fogli, P., Alessandri, A., Patara, L., Scoccimarro, E., Masina, S., and Navarra, A., 2011. Global and regional ocean carbon uptake and climate change: sensitivity to a substantial mitigation scenario. Climate Dynamics, 37, 1929–1947, doi:10.1007/s00382-011-1079-0

Vichi, M., Allen, J., Masina, S., & Hardman‐Mountford, N. J. (2011). The emergence of ocean biogeochemical provinces: A quantitative assessment and a diagnostic for model evaluation. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 25(2).

2010

Lazzari, P., Teruzzi, A., Salon, S., Campagna, S., Calonaci, C., Colella, S., Tonani, M., Crise, A., 2010. Pre-operational short-term forecasts for the Mediterranean Sea biogeochemistry, Ocean Sciences, 6, 25-39. doi:10.5194/os-6-25-2010.

Macias, D., Ramirez-Romero, E., and Garcia, C. M., 2010. Effect of nutrient input frequency on the structure and dynamics of the marine pelagic community: A modeling approach. Journal of Marine Research, 68, 119-151. doi:10.1357/002224010793078979

Saba, V.S., Friedrichs, M.A.M., Carr, M-E., Antoine, D., Armstrong, R.A., Asanuma, I., Aumont, O., Bates, N.R., Behrenfeld, M.J., Bennington, V., Bopp, L., Bruggeman, J., Buitenhuis, E.T., Church, M.J., Ciotti, A.M., Doney, S.C., Dowell, M., Dunne, J., Dutkiewicz, S., Gregg, W., Hoepffner, N., Hyde, K.J.W., Ishizaka, J., Kameda, T., Karl, D.M., Lima, I., Lomas, M.W., Marra, J., McKinley, G.A., Mélin, F., Moore, J.K., Morel, A., O’Reilly, J., Salihoglu, B., Scardi, M., Smyth, T.J., Tang, S., Tjiputra, J., Uitz, J., Vichi, M., Waters, K., Westberry, T.K., Yool, A. 2010. Challenges of modeling depth-integrated marine primary productivity over multiple decades: A case study at BATS and HOT. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 24, GB3020, doi:10.1029/2009GB003655

Tedesco, L. and Vichi, M., 2010. A new implementation of the Biogeochemical Flux Model in sea ice. CMCC Research Paper, (81). www.earth-prints.org/bitstream/2122/5956/6/rp0081.pdf

Tedesco, L., Vichi, M., Haapala, J., and Stipa, T., 2010. A dynamic Biologically-Active Layer for numerical studies of the sea ice ecosystem. Ocean Modelling, 35, 89–104. doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2010.06.008

2009

Cheptsov, A., Dichev, K., Keller, R., Lazzari, P., Salon, S., 2009. Porting the OPATM-BFM Application to a Grid e-Infrastructure- Optimization of Communication and I/O patterns. Computational Methods in Science and Technology, 15(1), 9-19.

Vichi, M. and Masina, S., 2009. Skill assessment of the PELAGOS global ocean biogeochemistry model over the period 1980-2000. Biogeosciences, 6, 2333–2353.

Vichi, M., Coluccelli, A., Ravaioli, M., Giglio, F., Langone, L., Azzaro, M., Azzaro, F., La Ferla, R., Catalano, G., and Cozzi, S., 2009. Modelling approach to the assessment of biogenic fluxes at a selected Ross Sea site, Antarctica. Ocean Sci. Discuss., 6, 1477–1512. doi:http://www.ocean-sci-discuss.net/6/1477/2009/

Tedesco, L., 2009. Modelling coupled physical-biogeochemical processes in ice-covered oceans. University of Bologna (Italy) (PhD Thesis in Oceanography).

2008

Vichi, M., Masina, S., and Nencioli, F., 2008. A process-oriented model study of equatorial Pacific phytoplankton: The role of iron supply and tropical instability waves. Progress in Oceanography, 78, 147-162.

2007

Carniel, S., Vichi, M., Sclavo, M., 2007. Sensitivity of a coupled physical–biological model to turbulence: high-frequency simulations in a northern Adriatic station. Chemistry and Ecology, 23, 157-175.

Polimene, L., Pinardi, N., Zavatarelli, M., Allen, J., I., Giani, M., Vichi, M., 2007. A numerical simulation study of dissolved Organic Carbon accumulation in the northern Adriatic Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research. doi: 10129/200JC003529.

Vichi, M., Masina, S., and Navarra, A., 2007. A generalized model of pelagic biogeochemistry for the global ocean ecosystem. Part II: numerical simulations. Journal of Marine Systems, 64, 110-134.

Vichi, M., Pinardi, N., and Masina, S., 2007. A generalized model of pelagic biogeochemistry for the global ocean ecosystem. Part I: theory. Journal of Marine Systems, 64, 89-109.

2006

Polimene, L., Pinardi , N., Zavatarelli, M., Colella, S., 2006. The Adriatic Sea ecosystem seasonal cycle: validation of a three dimensional numerical model. Journal of Geophysical Research. doi: 10129/2005JC003260.

2004

Vichi, M., Ruardij, P., and Baretta, J. W., 2004. Link or sink: a modelling interpretation of the open Baltic biogeochemistry. Biogeosciences, 1, 79-100.

2003

Vichi, M., May, W., and Navarra, A., 2003. Response of a complex ecosystem model of the northern Adriatic Sea to a regional climate change scenario. Climate Research, 24, 141-159.

Vichi, M., Oddo, P., Zavatarelli, M., Coluccelli, A., Coppini, G., Celio, M., Fonda Umani, S., and Pinardi, N., 2003. Calibration and validation of a one-dimensional complex marine biogeochemical fluxes model in different areas of the northern Adriatic shelf. Annales Geophysicae, 21, 413-436.