@article {RN127,
	title = {Scientific rationale and conceptual design of a process-oriented shelfbreak observatory: the OOI Pioneer Array},
	journal = {Journal of Operational Oceanography},
	volume = {13},
	number = {1},
	year = {2020},
	pages = {19-36},
	type = {Journal Article},
	abstract = {The Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) of the National Science Foundation in the USA includes a coastal observatory called the OOI Pioneer Array, which is focused on understanding shelf/slope exchange processes. The OOI Pioneer Array has been designed and constructed and is currently in operation. In order to fully understand the design principles and constraints, we first describe the basic exchange processes and review prior experiments in the region. Emphasis is placed on the space and time scales of important exchange processes such as frontal meandering and warm core ring interactions with the Shelfbreak Front, the dominant sources of variability in the region. The three major components of the Pioneer Array are then described, including preliminary data from the underwater gliders and Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) deployments. The relevance of the Pioneer Array to important recent scientific issues in the area, including enhanced warming of the continental shelf and increasing frequency and spatial extent of Gulf Stream interactions with the continental shelf is discussed. Finally, similar observatories in Asia are briefly described, and general conclusions regarding principles that should guide the design of shelfbreak observatories in other geographic regions are presented.},
	keywords = {Coastal observatoriesc, ocean observatory Initiative, ontinental shelf and slope processes},
	issn = {1755-876X},
	doi = {10.1080/1755876X.2019.1679609},
	author = {Gawarkiewicz, G. and Plueddemann, A. J.}
}
@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.}
}
