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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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