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AN: OS32C-04    [PDF]
TI: Investigation of the Mid-Atlantic coast sudden cold water
AU: * Sun, D
EM: dsun@gmu.edu
AF: George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030 United States
AU: Kafatos, M
EM: mkafatos@gmu.edu
AF: George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030 United States
AU: Liu, Z
EM: zliu@eosdata.gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030 United States
AU: Chiu, L
EM: chiu@gmu.edu
AF: George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030 United States
AB: In the midsummer of this year, it was reported that there was a tremendous change in ocean temperature along the Mid-Atlantic coast, dropping as much as 10 degrees overnight. This sudden sea surface temperature drop affected local tourism and fishing, keep the tourists out of water at this vacation time, caused local tuna fishing hasn't been as good this year, but the cold water lured chill-loving striped bass close to shore, and has two to three weeks of great rockfish, which fishermen could normally get till fall. This article investigates this event by using satellite observations, numerical model outputs, and surface weather analysis. It is found that the North Atlantic cold current, combined with the coastal upwelling driven by the weather influence might cause this sudden cold SST event.
DE: 0350 Pressure, density, and temperature
SC: Ocean Sciences [OS]
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting