Variability of Temperature and Salinity in the Middle Atlantic Bight and Gulf of Maine Based on Data Collected as Part of the MARMAP Ships of Opportunity Program, 1978-2001

摘要

Monitoring of the Middle Atlantic Bight (MAB) and Gulf of Maine (GOM) has been conducted by the Marine Resources Monitoring, Assessment, and Prediction Programs (MARMAPs) Ships of Opportunity Program (SOOP) since the early 1970s. Portrayals of temporal and spatial patterns of surface and bottom temperature and surface salinity for SOOP transects crossing these regions during 1991-2001, and time plots of anomalous conditions for spatially coherent sections of these transects during the period 1978-2001, are presented. Annual transect averages and departures are presented for both regions.