| Variability
of GOM Transport |
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| Sources
of variability: (standard
deviation)/(6 month |
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| mean)
for transport along Pen Bay/Georges Bank axis, |
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| not
including coastal current. |
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| • | Hydrographic
variability, 30 to 40% |
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| • | Scotian
Shelf inflow variability, about 20% |
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| • | Winter
winds, about 10%. |
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| Open
questions? (one of many!) |
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| • | What
is timescale of hydrographic variability? |
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| What
we know best is not what is important on 6 |
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| month
or longer timescales |
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