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Mid Atlantic Water Property Measurements W. S Mid Atlantic Water Property Measurements W. S. Brown NEFSC Fisheries Workshop 1 March 2012

Defining the Mid Atlantic Cold Pool: circa1980

The Conceptual Mid Atlantic Cold Pool

MARACOOS Mid-Atlantic Glider Sampling: 2004-2012

Water column profiles NEFSC Bottom Trawl Survey 2008-2010 CTD - Surface Temperature - Bottom Temperature - Surface Salinity - Bottom Salinity - Stratification - Mixed Layer Depth Temperature Salinity Density

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Future Ocean Glider Sampling of the Mid Atlantic Cold Pool