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Multi-Decadal Trends And Variability In Temperature And Salinity In The Mid-Atlantic Bight, Georges Bank, And Gulf Of Maine, Elizabeth J. Wallace, Lev B. Looney, Donglai Gong

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Increasing attention is being placed on the regional impact of climate change. This study focuses on the decadal scale variabilities of temperature and salinity in the Mid-Atlantic Bight (MAB), Georges Bank (GB), and Gulf of Maine (GOM) from 1977 to 2016 using hydrographic survey data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Northeast Fisheries Science Center. The MAB (as defined by the shelf regions from Cape Hatteras to Cape Cod) experienced warming rates of 0.57 ◦C per decade during the Winter/Spring season (Jan–Apr) and 0.47 ◦C per decade during the Fall/Winter season (Sep–Dec). The GOM and GB, on the …