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Fig. 15.1 Trivariate EOFs calculated from a model simulation in 1998: temperature (dotted,
0c), salinity (solid, psu), barotropic streamfunction (dot at z=O). (a) Basin-wide dominant
EOF. (b) Regional dominant EOFs. Regions are: Algerian Current (1), Westem
Mediterranean (2), Ionian (3), Levantine (4). X-axis: °C, psu, Sv. The graduation are the
same for al! three units.