Data collected during the periods 17-21 August and 2-4 September as well as
during the MBST in Massachusetts Bay and Cape Cod Bay by the R/V Lucky Lady, the
R/V Oceanus and by Battelle Labs for the MWRA have been combined with historical Gulf of
Maine (GOM) data to provide an estimate for the synoptic conditions. The estimate
has been used to initialize a primitive equation based dynamical model on 14 September.
Data is then assimilated on subsequent gathering days, using Optimal Interpolation.
Meteorological data has been acquired from the Fleet Numerical Meteorological and
Oceanographic Center in Monterey, CA and is used to force the model. Results are
presented for the time period 14 - 27 September.
