A Study of the Gulf of St. Lawrence Water Masses in Response to Atmospheric Forcing and Model Resolution Using Quasi-Operational Canadian Coastal Ice-Ocean Prediction Systems

Francois Roy1, Jean-Philippe Paquin1, Gregory Smith1, Audrey-Anne Gauthier2, Sarah MacDermid3, Simon St-Onge Drouin4, Simon Senneville5, Frederic Dupont6 and Jerome Chanut7, (1)Meteorological Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Dorval, QC, Canada, (2)McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, (3)Meteorological Service of Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Halifax, NS, Canada, (4)Institut Maurice-Lamontagne, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Mont-Joli, QC, Canada, (5)UQAR-ISMER, Rimouski, QC, Canada, (6)Meteorological Service of Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Dorval, QC, Canada, (7)Mercator Ocean International, Ramonville Saint-Agne, France