Interannual Variability of Satellite-Derived Sea Surface Temperature   in the Western North Atlantic Shelf and Slope, 1985-1999

	Anne-Marie Brunner
	and Jim Bisagni
	University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
	School for Marine Science & Technology,
	Department of Estuarine & Ocean Sciences

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Comparison of Offshelf EOF results with GSNW

Summary

	We can track intrusions of LSW into the Slope Sea using satellite-derived SST.
	Low correlation and significance levels suggest that other mechanisms besides climate-related variability of surface forcing from wind magnitude and net heatflux related to the NAO are important in the shelf-slope region of the western North Atlantic ocean.
	Evidence points  to other mechanisms that may include horizontal advection and vertical mixing and may play a large role in controlling IAV of SST.
	Influence of position of the Gulfstream onto offshore seasurface temperature varies along the western North Atlantic shelf and slope; maybe indicating co-variation between the polar and subpolar gyres.

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Comparison of Offshelf EOF Results with GSNW