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Satellite-Derived Shelf Slope Frontal Variability, Tail of the Grand Banks to Cape Hatteras James J. Bisagni Professor Department of Estuarine and Ocean Sciences University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth School for Marine Science and Technology New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Satellite-Derived Shelf Slope Frontal Variability,Tail of the Grand Banks to Cape Hatteras
James J. BisagniProfessor
Department of Estuarine and Ocean SciencesUniversity of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
School for Marine Science and TechnologyNew Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
Supported by the National Science FoundationUS-GLOBEC NW Atlantic Georges Bank Program
Shelf Slope Front (SSF)
TGB
CH
2 SST (C) 32
Weekly “warmest-pixel” sea surface temperature (SST)satellite image centered on 18 May 1998
UMass Dartmouth
Shelf-Slope Front Position Annual Cycle, 1973-1992(Bisagni et al., 2006)
Offshore Onshore
Aug
Aug
Oct
Dec
Feb
Apr
Jun
TGBDHS
Offshore Onshore
Inter-annual variabilityof annual mean SSF position anomalies, 1973-2001
(Bisagni et al., 2009)
TGBCHDHS
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