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decadal time scales. a) NAO index (DJFM), b) mean SLP for western Greenland (DJF), c)
potential temperature within the layer of minimum potential vorticity in the Labrador Sea, d)
mean potential temperature in the Greenland Sea below 2000 m, e) salinity on the density
surface (Je = 26.6 offBennuda. From Dickson et al. (1996).