Solving Space-Time Variation in the Ocean

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The discussion focuses on analyzing space-time variations of tiny cells in the ocean, emphasizing the need to integrate spatial and temporal data for a comprehensive understanding. The user has collected data from six locations over six months and seeks a formula to model the evolution of these cells. It is suggested that cell simulations can be approached similarly to iterative finite element methods, with references to bioinformatics literature and commercial software available for this purpose. The discussion also mentions Conway's Game of Life as a foundational concept in modeling cellular automata.

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  • Understanding of bioinformatics and cellular simulations
  • Familiarity with iterative finite element methods
  • Knowledge of space-time data analysis techniques
  • Basic principles of oceanography related to cell movement
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  • Research bioinformatics literature on space-time modeling of biological data
  • Explore iterative finite element methods for biological simulations
  • Learn about commercial software tools for oceanographic data analysis
  • Study Conway's Game of Life and its applications in cellular modeling
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Biological oceanographers, data scientists in marine biology, researchers interested in space-time analysis, and anyone involved in modeling cellular dynamics in aquatic environments.

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Hi all,

I m not a physicist but a biological oceanographer. I would like to know how should I consider space-time variations of tiny cells in the ocean? Usually people deal with space and time separately but do not compute the data over a space-time scale (which I believe is important especially in regards to the continuous movement of the water in the ocean). Each data point of my data set correspond to a specific location sampled at a specific time, I have data for 6 locations (of a particular region) and 6 time-periods (months), and would like to know the evolution of my tiny cells over a space-time frame. What kind of formula should I apply? How would you approach this problem?

Many thanks!
 
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Cell simulations are similar to iterative finite element methods. They are a branch of bioinformatics. There should be a lot of papers on this. And even some commercial software.

The simplest form is this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway's_Game_of_Life
 

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