•Analyze long-term in-situ
physical and biological datasets and
satellite-derived sea surface temperature (SST) along with in-situ physical, biological, and chemical data collected during the GLOBEC core-measurement period (1995-1999), and validate the
basin-scale physical and biological
fields to develop a broader
understanding of C. finmarchicus seeding and production.
•Generate four-dimensional high-resolution (5-km) physical fields using basin-scale fields
and available data during
1993-1999, and run a series of IBM
simulations at higher
resolution in order to address
questions relating ecosystem
variability on the Scotian Shelf, on Slope Sea and within the Gulf of Maine and on Georges Bank to the large-scale fluctuations of the NAO.
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