The Ocean Modeling and Prediction Laboratory research activity focuses on the development of numerical models of ocean currents and processes and their application to various problems ranging from water quality in Tampa Bay to variability in large-scale ocean circulation and its relation to climate change. The research work involves combining real-time ocean observations with numerical models of ocean processes to provide hidncasts of past conditions, nowcasts of present conditions or forecasts of future conditions. Some of the laboratory's observations and modeling programs include TB-PORTS, COMPS, BRACE, Tampa Bay Nowcast/Forecast Model, Integrated Model of Tampa Bay and Indian Ocean Model.