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Fig. 6.1.1. Meridional cross sections of geostrophic zonal velocity, temperature and salinity at
155°W in the region between Hawaii and Tahiti. Note the bowing of the isotherms in the region of
the EUC. The current is contained between the IS and 25 °C isotherms. Note also the tongue of
high-salinity water extending to the EUC, especially from the South Pacific. (From Wyrtki and
Koblinsky 1984)