Acknowledgments

The MBIWE98 experiment was supported by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Office of Naval Research (ONR) grant N00014-97-1-0158. The long-term observations at LT-A and LT-B were conducted under a Joint Funding Agreement between the USGS and the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority and an Inter-Service Agreement with the U.S. Coast Guard. A. Scotti was supported by the Johnson Foundation, the USGS, and ONR grant N00014-01-1-0172. R. Beardsley was supported by ONR grants N00014-98-1-0059, N00014-00-1-0210 and the Smith Chair in Coastal Physical Oceanography. We thank the officers and crew of the RV Argo Maine and FV Christopher Andrew for their skillful assistance in mooring deployment and recovery and in carrying out the hydrographic surveys. W. Ostrom and B. Way (WHOI) and W. Strahle and J. Borden (USGS) prepared the instruments and moorings.