Cross-Frontal Exchange and Scotian Shelf Cross-over Workshops

10-12 October 2000

Holiday Inn, Falmouth, Massachusetts

• SeaSoar/Drifter Studies (Barth)
• Dye and Drifter Studies (Houghton)
• Biological/Physical Interaction Studies (Wishner)
• Fish Larvae/Zooplankton Studies (Incze)
• Moored Current Meter Array (Schlitz)

• Satellite Observations of the Front (Bisagni)
• Tow-yow Observation of the Front (Houghton)
• Front in Terms of Productivity (Townsend)
• Surface Drogues Crossing the Front (Churchill)
• Near-bottom Dye Transport Across the Front (Houghton)
• Dye Dispersion on the South Flank (Ledwell)
• Model of Cross-front Transport (Hannah)

• Observations of Scotian Shelf Cross-overs During Winter/Spring, 1999 (Smith)
• Modelling Cross-overs (Hannah)
• Northeast Peak ADCP Data and Results from the Cross-over Moorings (Flagg)
• Structure of Winter Variability at EF (Beardsley)
• Seasonal SST Frontal Climatologies on Georges Bank (Bisagni)
• Distribution of Salinity on the Cap of Georges Bank (Houghton)
• Modification of Internal Tide Features by Cross-over Events (Dale)
• Biological Importance of Scotian Shelf Water (Townsend)
• Scotian Shelf Crossovers: Zooplankton Distributions (Wishner)
• Growth of Calanus finmarchicus nauplii in Scotian Shelf Cross-overs (Gifford)
• Evidence of "Cross-Over" Events in the Broad-Scale Hydrography (Taylor)
• Role of Scotian Shelf Cross-over Events in Maintenance of Pseudocalanus spp. on Georges Bank (Bucklin)

• #1. What is the biological definition of a Scotian Shelf Cross-over? (Townsend + Flagg)
• #2. What is the SST signature of a Scotian Shelf Cross-Over? (Bisagni + Flagg)
• #3. What drives interannual variability in Scotian Shelf Cross-overs? (Smith + Hannah)
• #4. What are the impacts of Scotian Shelf Cross-overs on the target species in the Georges Bank ecosystem? (Incze + Smith)

• Timeline
• Synthesis Questions

• Timeline Elements for 1998-99 and 1996-97
• Agenda
• Attendees