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  • Methods & Sampling
• Data Files
• Parameters
• Instruments
• Deployments
• Project Information
• Program Information
• Funding

GLOBEC Georges Bank Long-Term Moored Array Component

Standard CTD Sections

Long Term Section Stations
	LT01 41 31.0 N x 67 36.0 W
	LT02 41 24.5 N x 67 32.5 W
	LT03 41 17.0 N x 67 28.5 W
	LT04 41 12.5 N x 67 26.5 W
	LT05 41 09.5 N x 67 24.5 W
	LT06 41 06.0 N x 67 22.5 W
	LT07 41 02.0 N x 67 20.8 W
	LT08 40 58.0 N x 67 19.0 W
	LT09 40 54.5 N x 67 17.0 W
	LT10 40 50.5 N x 67 15.0 W
	LT11 40 47.0 N x 67 13.0 W
	LT12 40 41.5 N x 67 10.5 W
	LT13 40 35.7 N x 67 08.0 W
	LT14 40 30.0 N x 67 05.0 W

NE Peak Section Stations
	NE01 41 28.52 N x 67 12.17 W
	NE02 41 31.02 N x 67 05.77 W
	NE03 41 33.32 N x 66 57.77 W
	NE04 41 35.52 N x 66 50.87 W
	NE05 41 38.12 N x 66 43.07 W
	NE06 41 40.32 N x 66 35.97 W
	NE07 41 42.72 N x 66 28.77 W
	NE08 41 45.12 N x 66 21.67 W
	NE09 41 47.42 N x 66 14.37 W
	NE10 41 49.72 N x 66 06.67 W
	NE11 41 52.02 N x 65 58.87 W
	NE12 41 54.62 N x 65 51.77 W
	NE13 41 56.82 N x 65 44.57 W
	NE14 41 59.20 N x 65 37.50 W

Data submitted by:
James Irish
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, MA 02543

phone:  508 289 2732
fax:    508 457 2195
e-mail: jirish@whoi.edu 
   
Updated July 14, 2005, gfh

CTD for long term mooring cruises

The U.S. GLOBEC Georges Bank Program is a large multi- disciplinary multi-year oceanographic effort. The proximate goal is to understand the population dynamics of key species on the Bank - Cod, Haddock, and two species of zooplankton (Calanus finmarchicus and Pseudocalanus) - in terms of their coupling to the physical environment and in terms of their predators and prey. The ultimate goal is to be able to predict changes in the distribution and abundance of these species as a result of changes in their physical and biotic environment as well as to anticipate how their populations might respond to climate change.

The effort is substantial, requiring broad-scale surveys of the entire Bank, and process studies which focus both on the links between the target species and their physical environment, and the determination of fundamental aspects of these species' life history (birth rates, growth rates, death rates, etc).

Equally important are the modelling efforts that are ongoing which seek to provide realistic predictions of the flow field and which utilize the life history information to produce an integrated view of the dynamics of the populations.

The U.S. GLOBEC Georges Bank Executive Committee (EXCO) provides program leadership and effective communication with the funding agencies.

U.S. GLOBEC (GLOBal ocean ECosystems dynamics) is a research program organized by oceanographers and fisheries scientists to address the question of how global climate change may affect the abundance and production of animals in the sea.

The U.S. GLOBEC Program currently had major research efforts underway in the Georges Bank / Northwest Atlantic Region, and the Northeast Pacific (with components in the California Current and in the Coastal Gulf of Alaska). U.S. GLOBEC was a major contributor to International GLOBEC efforts in the Southern Ocean and Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP).