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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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Complete FVCOM simulations of Houghton 1999
tracer release experiments on a) SF and (b) NF (Chen, Houghton, Beardsley,….) |
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Complete description of 1999 EF moored data,
compare observed low-frequency (1.5-3 day) barotropic oscillations with
Brink theory and 1999 FVCOM data, drifters,….(Beardsley, Flagg, Limeburner,
Chen) |
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Analyze and describe 1994-1999 LT SF moored
data, with focus on basic T,S,D,u,p variability, seasonal cycle,
inter-annual variability in data, shelf/slope frontal intrusions, Scotian
Shelf water cross-overs, etc. (Brink, Beardsley) |
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Start FVCOM process study of stability of NF
frontal jet (Brink, Pringle, Chen) |
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Describe Ledwell 1999 tracer release data (Ledwell,Churchill)
[Include VPR data?] |
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Conduct FVCOM simulations for Ledwell 1999 SF
pycnocline tracer release results (Chen, Churchill,.. ) |
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Investigate relationships between GB/GoM water
masses and properties with upstream sources (Scotian shelf, St. Lawrence,
Labrador shelf, NWA), larger scale indices (e.g., NAO) using all available
data (Flagg, Smith (BIO), Mountain) |
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Investigate relationships between GB/GoM SST and
larger scale SST using 1985-1999 SST dataset (Brunner, Bisagni) |
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Get and setup SMAST supercomputer (Chen, Cowles)
and WHOI minicomputer (Sepulveda, Churchill) |
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Get complete 1999 FVCOM simulation data from
Alaska computer, and setup dedicated server to host complete 1995 and 1999
FVCOM output (Chen) |
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Compare FVCOM 1995 and 1999 simulations, with
focus on (a) development of stratification, (b) wind-driven flow, (c)
Lagrangian transport from Scotian shelf and GoM to GB, (d) differences
between years (Chen, Beardsley, Flagg, Limeburner). |
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Run MM5/FVCOM for 1998, 1997, and 1996 and serve
results (Chen) |
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What processes control GB salinity, and what
caused the 1996-97 freshening event?
What is the relationship to the larger scale NWA, climate
variability? |
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What are the sources of water, nutrients, and
biota that get onto GB along the northern flank, and by what processes? |
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What physical processes (e.g., wind-driven flow,
SSW cross-overs) contributed to the large 1998 haddock year class? |
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How well can FVCOM capture the dominant small
scale processes that control the observed spread of tracers? |
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Can FVCOM produce water property and flow fields
with sufficient accuracy to (a) study physical phenomena on time scales
from tidal, synoptic, seasonal, to innerannual, and (b) contribute to biological understanding
through coupled biological models. |
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Notes