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Physical Oceanography Department Virtual Seminar: PEACH PIESs: Gulf Stream Variability Inferred From Pressure-Sensor Equipped Inverted Echo Sounders (PIESs) as Part of the Processes Driving Exchange at Cape Hatteras (PEACH) Project

Magdalena Andres, WHOI
Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department
This will be held virtually. Join Zoom meeting:
https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/97073458686?pwd=U01aa2FpRStyVzFFbEREeG9laUF6QT09
Meeting ID: 970 7345 8686
Passcode: X6R1a@
Phone number: 1 646 558 […]

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Tropical fish…up north? How ocean physics play a role in altering water temperature and salinity

A study led by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution scientists is explaining why warm and salty water along with warm water fish species, such as the deep-sea dwelling Gulf Stream flounder and Black Sea bass, were found far inshore in New England in the middle of winter 2017. How did this happen? Researchers say it is due to an intrusion of offshore water from the open ocean onto the Northeast U.S. Shelf, caused by eddies (a circular current of water) and wind.

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