AFMIS

Advanced Fisheries Management Information System

Nested Forecast Results (9-12 April 2000)

A real-time forecast for the period April 9-12, 2000 in the Georges Bank domain is demonstrated in the following figure with plots from April 9, April 11 and April 12. The left-hand column contains color contours of the temperature at a depth of 5 meters with superimposed velocity vectors. The middle column shows the value of chlorophyll at a depth of 20 meters. The top panel of the right-hand column is bottom temperature for April 9. The remainder of the right-hand column depicts relative Cod abundance with overlying contours of bottom temperature.




Temperature at 5m
Chlorophyll at 20m
Bottom Cod
5m Temperature - April 9
20m Chlorophyll - April 9
Bottom Temperature - April 9

April 9, 2000

5m Temperature - April 11
20m Chlorophyll - April 11
Bottom Cod Abundance - April 11

April 11, 2000

5m Temperature - April 12
20m Chlorophyll - April 12
Bottom Cod Abundance - April 12

April 12, 2000