Introduction
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Fig. 7.1.1. North-south sections of temperature (a), salinity (b), density (c), and oxygen (d) in the
Atlantic ocean in the western basin of the ocean. Note the evidence in the salinity field for the
layered character of the circulation with tongues of water from sources in the Antarctic appearing
to flow northward while being separated by southward flowing North Atlantic deep water. (From
Pickard and Emery 1982)
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