302 Pierre De Mey and Mounir Benkiran
~ o 10 20 30
Salinity winter 1993
a)
-1000
-1100
32
34
38
38
40
42
b)
Salinity winters 1993-97
-100
-200
-300
-400
- 500
-600
-700
-600
-900
-1000
-1 100
32
34
38
38
40
42
Fig. 15.7 Salinity sections at 18°W (lonian bas in) in the model: (a) winter 1993 average; (b)
5-year average ofthe 1993-97 wÎnters. Unit: psu. Contour interval: .02 psu. Salinities higher
than 38.76 psu are shaded.