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Fig.l1.5 a) A schematic of near surface (solid lines) and mid-depth (dashed lines)
circulation for the Strait of Sicily and Ionian Sea based upon the POEM 1986 data;
acronyrns not identified in the figure legend include: MA W - Modified Atlantic Water, ASW
- Adriatic Surf ace Water and LSW - Levantine Surface Water; b) system of cyclonic (C) and
anticyclonic (A) eddies and gyres present during RR97 in the Ionian superimposed upon an
analysis of dynamic height (5m1800m) for 4 September 1997.