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The following data was collected as part of the AWACS (Advanced Wide Aperture
Cluster for Surveillance) program led by Phil Abbot of OASIS Inc. The field
program was a joint effort between WHOI Physical Oceanography (Glen
Gawarkiewicz) and Acoustics (Jim Lynch) groups along with OASIS, which was the
overall lead. Jim Lynch of WHOI was the chief scientist.
The sampling plan was to emphasize along-shelf variability and thus many of the
sections are aligned with the orientation of the 80 m isobath, which had a
number of moorings including sound source-receiver pairs. However, there was
heavy fishing gear concentrated at the 200 m isobath, where one of the
alongshelf tracks was initially planned. This prevented us from sampling in
the heart of the shelfbreak jet. Thus, we were forced to alternate some
cross-frontal transects to get some idea of the jet structure and cross-shelf
position of the core.
The sampling was also coordinated with Scott Glenn of Rutgers, who did the
glider sampling, and Kipp Shearman of Oregon State University, who also
operated a glider. Scott Glenn also provided real-time assessment of the
remote sensing fields (sea surface temperature, CODAR, and meteorology) that
was extremely helpful during the cruise.
This work was supported by Tom Curtin along with considerable help from Theresa
Paluszkiewicz and Ellen Livingstone of ONR.
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