@article {RN14,
	title = {The Changing Nature of Shelf-Break Exchange Revealed by the OOI Pioneer Array},
	journal = {Oceanography},
	volume = {31},
	number = {1},
	year = {2018},
	pages = {60-70},
	type = {Journal Article},
	abstract = {Although the continental shelf and slope south of New England have been the subject of recent studies that address decadal-scale warming and interannual variability of water mass properties, it is not well understood how these changes affect shelf-break exchange processes. In recent years, observations of anomalous shelf and slope conditions obtained from the Ocean Observatories Initiative Pioneer Array and other regional observing programs suggest that onshore intrusions of warm, salty waters are becoming more prevalent. Mean cross-shelf transects constructed from Pioneer Array glider observations collected from April 2014 through December 2016 indicate that slope waters have been warmer and saltier. We examine shelf-break exchange events and anomalous onshore intrusions of warm, salty water associated with warm core rings located near the shelf break in spring 2014 and winter 2017 using observations from the Pioneer Array and other sources. We also describe an additional cross-shelf intrusion of ring water in September 2014 to demonstrate that the occurrence of high-salinity waters extending across the continental shelf is rare. Observations from the Pioneer Array and other sources show warm core ring and Gulf Stream water masses intrude onto the continental shelf more frequently and penetrate further onshore than in previous decades.

},
	issn = {1042-8275},
	doi = {10.5670/oceanog.2018.110},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://WOS:000427367300010},
	author = {Gawarkiewicz, G. and Todd, R. E. and Zhang, W. F. and Partida, J. and Gangopadhyay, A. and Monim, M. U. H. and Fratantoni, P. and Mercer, A. M. and Dent, M.}
}
@article {RN233,
	title = {Direct interaction between the Gulf Stream and the shelfbreak south of New England},
	journal = {Scientific Reports},
	volume = {2},
	year = {2012},
	type = {Journal Article},
	abstract = {Sea surface temperature imagery, satellite altimetry, and a surface drifter track reveal an unusual tilt in the Gulf Stream path that brought the Gulf Stream to 39.9{\textdegree}N near the Middle Atlantic Bight shelfbreak--200 km north of its mean position--in October 2011, while a large meander brought Gulf Stream water within 12 km of the shelfbreak in December 2011. Near-bottom temperature measurements from lobster traps on the outer continental shelf south of New England show distinct warming events (temperature increases exceeding 6{\textdegree}C) in November and December 2011. Moored profiler measurements over the continental slope show high salinities and temperatures, suggesting that the warm water on the continental shelf originated in the Gulf Stream. The combination of unusual water properties over the shelf and slope in late fall and the subsequent mild winter may affect seasonal stratification and habitat selection for marine life over the continental shelf in 2012.

},
	issn = {2045-2322},
	doi = {10.1038/srep00553},
	author = {Gawarkiewicz, G. G. and Todd, R. E. and Plueddemann, A. J. and Andres, M. and Manning, J. P.}
}
