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Accession Number:
ADA399552
Title:
The 1995 Georges Bank Stratification Study and Moored Array Measurements
Descriptive Note:
Corporate Author:
WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION MA
Report Date:
2001-08-01
Pagination or Media Count:
112.0
Abstract:
The 1995 Georges Bank Stratification Study GBSS was the first intensive process study conducted as part of the U.S. GLOBEC Northwest AtlanticGeorges Bank field program. The GBSS was designed to investigate the physical processes which control the seasonal development of stratification along the southern flank of Georges Bank during spring and summer. Past work suggested that during this period, larval cod and haddock tended to aggregate to the thermocline on the southern flank where higher concentrations of their copepod prey were found. A moored array was deployed as part of the GBSS to observe the onset and evolution of seasonal stratification over the southern flank with sufficient vertical and horizontal resolution that key physical processes could be identified and quantified. Moored current, temperature, and conductivity salinity measurements were made at three sites on the southern flank, one on the crest, and one on the nonheast peak of the bank. Moored surface meteorological measurements were also make at one southern flank site ot determine the surface wind stress and heat and moisture fluxes. The oceanographic and meteorological data collected with the GBSS array during January-August, 1995 are presented in this report. Meteorological data collected on National Data Buoy Center environmental buoys 44011 Georges Bank, 44008 Nantucket Shoals, and 44005 Gulf of Maine are included in this report for completeness and comparison with the GBSS southern flank meteorological measurements.
Distribution Statement:
APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
