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Bob Beardsley, Ken Brink, Dick Limeburner, Jim
Churchill, Jim Ledwell, Jim Irish,
Mike Caruso, Jim Lerczak (WHOI) |
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Charles Flagg (BNL) |
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Changsheng Chen, Jim Bisagni (UMD) |
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Ron Schlitz (NMFS) |
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JGR-Oceans Special Section |
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Environmental Chronology |
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1999 Stratification and Flow Synthesis |
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Process Studies and Interannual Variability on
Bank Edges |
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1999 Tidal Mixing Front over Southern Flank |
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FVCOM Development, Application, and Evaluation |
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1995 Stratification Study: surface forcing;
temperature & salt balances; bottom stress & tidal boundary layer;
slope water intrusions. |
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1999 Frontal Studies: northern flank tidal &
subtidal variability, cross-frontal fluxes and mixing. |
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1997, 1999 Scotian Shelf Water
“cross-overs”: spring 1997;
winter-spring 1999. |
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1995-1999 Bank/Seasonal Scale: surface drifter flow; ADCP flow. |
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Seasonal/interannual Scale: Halifax section
variability; Nitrate supply and new production on GB |
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Model Process Studies: diurnal heating on GB
stratification; wind-forced cross-front exchange on GB; temperature and
flow influences on Calanus in Gulf of St. Lawrence and Scotian Shelf |
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Environmental Chronology |
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Processing of 1999 Eastern Flank Frontal
Exchange moored array and drifter data completed (Limeburner) |
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Reprocessing of 1994-1999 Long-Term moored array
data completed (Irish, Caruso, Limeburner, Beardsley) |
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Preparation of WHOI Tech Report on LT data set
including description of the measurements at all sites plus a physical
chronology at the Southern Flank
site (Irish, Caruso, Beardsley -July 2004 completion date!!!) |
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Analysis of LT moored data started (Brink) |
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1999 Stratification and Flow Synthesis |
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Characterization of subtidal oscillatory flow (Limeburner) |
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Description of eastern flank physical
variability based on LT and FE moored data to be started (Beardsley,
Limeburner,Flagg) |
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Process Studies and Interannual Variability on
Bank Edges |
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Seasonal and Interannual Variability of the
Shelf-Slope Front Between 75° and 50° W (Bisagni) |
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Instability of Northern Flank Jet Study started
(Brink, Pringle) |
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1999 Tidal Mixing Front over Southern Flank |
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Analysis of TMF ADCP array (Lerczak, Schlitz) |
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Analysis of 1999 Ledwell tracer release
experiment started (Churchill,Ledwell) |
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FVCOM Development, Application, Evaluation |
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GoM MM5 developed to produce surface forcing for
1995 and 1999 (Chen, Beardsley) |
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FVCOM simulation of 1995 and 1999 stratification
seasons completed (Chen) |
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FVCOM comparison with other coastal models (POM,
ROMS) on test problems (Chen, Cowles, Hedstrom, Beardsley) |
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FVCOM simulation for Houghton 1999 tracer
release experiment completed (Chen, Houghton, Beardsley) |
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First FVCOM Users’ Workshop - June 2004 (Chen,
Cowles, Beardsley) |
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Next
Activities (Incomplete Draft 6/21) |
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Complete LT moored array Tech Report (Irish,
Caruso, Beardsley) |
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Write up analysis of 1999 TMF ADCP array (Lerczak,
Schlitz) |
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Write up Houghton 1999 tracer release FVCOM
results (Chen,….) |
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Start analysis of Ledwell 1999 tracer release
data (Churchill, Ledwell) |
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Complete LT moored array analysis, description
of 1999 Eastern Flank variability (Brink, Limeburner, Flagg, Beardsley) |
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Evaluate FVCOM 1995 and 1999 stratification
season simulations (Chen, Beardsley, …) |
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Complete northern flank jet instability study (Brink,
Pringle, Chen) |
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Continue FVCOM development and scientific
testing |
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Others ???? |
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Realistic simulations (tidal forcing, surface
forcing (stress, Q, E-P), runoff, upstream forcing (Fss) |
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Process studies (diurnal heat flux on stratified
tidal rectification; cross-front exchange across NF frontal jet) |
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Evaluation (comparison of time series, event
behavior (Jan-Feb,1995; Apr-Jun,1999), statistical comparisons) |
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Use FVCOM to hindcast currents and T,S
stratification during GLOBEC field years |
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Feb-Aug 1995 (can FVCOM predict accurately flow
over 1-8 months; extend SF T/S budget analysis to other parts of Bank) |
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Jan-Jun 1999 |
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Analysis of existing data for NF, NE Peak, NE
Channel, Scotian Shelf to provide synoptic pictures of physical properties
and biological content of NEP region |
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FVCOM simulations 1999 (realistic surface
forcing; effect of WCRs on SSCs; effect of alternative wind stress on
surface cross-front Ekman transport) |
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Detailed analysis of 1999 TMF physical data
(moored, shipbroad, dye, ….) |
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FVCOM simulation of Mar-Jun 1999 TMF results
(test of MY mixing through dye studies, VPR, drifters,..) |
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Extension to 1997 and 1995 periods of extensive
SF TMF sampling |
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Complete |
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FVCOM dev & diurnal heating/tidal mixing
front process study (1) |
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Physical component online environmental
chronology (2) |
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Synthesis of 1999 bank-wide stratification data
(3) |
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Assessment of interannual variability for SSCs
on Northeast Peak from historical hydrographic database (4) |
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Synthesis of 1999 southern TMF
physical/biological data (5) |
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Analysis of structure, variability, and loss
potential of SSF (3, 4) |
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Start |
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Realistic FVCOM simulations of 1995, 1999
stratification seasons (1, 3) |
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Realistic FVCOM simulation of 1999 dye
dispersion/mixing data (5) |
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Process FVCOM studies of frontal exchange
mechanisms along northern flank (1) |
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Complete |
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Assessment of SSC interannual variability using
satellite SST and TOPEX/Poseidon altimeter data |
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Evaluation of FVCOM 1995 and 1999 seasonal
simulations |
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Evaluation of FVCOM 1999 tidal mixing front
simulations |
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Process FVCOM studies of interannual variability
for SSCs using a linear superposition of wind and upstream perturbations to
the mean circulation |
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Combined analysis of towed, shipboard, and
moored acoustic descriptions of zoo-plankton distributions |
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Topic A: What are the impacts of Scotian Shelf
Cross-overs on the population dynamics of the target species? |
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Model studies of interannual variability of SSC
events, including analysis of historical hydrographic data and altimetry
and modeling of interannual drift variability using Chen’s model (Brickman, Smith, Han, Hannah) |
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Model study of physical mechanisms driving SSCs
(Smith, Brickman). |
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ELS modeling of cod and haddock in
SSCs,including effects of temperature, food supply, etc on growth and
survival, and possibly demographics of adults stocks. (Brickman, Frank). |
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Topic C: How do large-scale interannual and
interdecadal variabilities affect population dynamics of the target
species? |
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Analysis of upstream sources of water masses and
biota, including historical hydrographic data, freshwater sources, etc.
(Smith, Hannah, Loder) |
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Study of interannual variability of sea level
(‘92-’00) using TOPEX/POSEIDON altimetry (Han, Smith, Loder). |
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Notes