The evolution of a nearshore coastal observatory and the establishment of the New Jersey Shelf Observing System

" The very few existing time-series stations paint a compelling picture of important oceanic changes in physics, chemistry and biology. Yet these stations capture the time domain at only a single point. New strategies for observing the appropriate spatial correlation are required. " Ocean Sciences at the New Millennium, Ocean Sciences Decadal Committee 2001 Figure 1. The Coastal Ocean Observation Laboratory (COOL) is constructing the New Jersey Shelf Observing System (NJSOS) in the New York Bight. The goal is to provide a synoptic 3-D picture of the biogeochemical cycling elements on a broad continental shelf.