In the paper Optical and physical variability on timescales from minutes to the seasonal cycle on the New England shelf: July 1996 to June 1997 by G. C. Chang and T. D. Dickey (Journal of Geophysical Research, 106 (C5), 9435--9453, 2001), the corresponding author's address is incorrect. The correct address for G. C. Chang is Ocean Physics Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara, 6487 Calle Real Unit A, Santa Barbara, CA 93117, USA (grace.chang@opl.ucsb.edu). ¿ 2001 American Geophysical Union