•Complete
•Assessment of SSC interannual variability
using satellite SST and
TOPEX/Poseidon altimeter data
•Evaluation of FVCOM 1995 and 1999 seasonal simulations
•Evaluation of FVCOM 1999
tidal mixing front simulations
•Process FVCOM studies of interannual variability for SSCs using a linear superposition of wind and upstream perturbations to the mean circulation
•Combined analysis of towed, shipboard, and
moored acoustic descriptions of
zoo-plankton distributions