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Fig. 5.24 Simulated
temperature, salinity, and
depth of isopycnal surfaces
during 1991–1995 in
time-density coordinates at
42.5 ◦ N, 31 ◦ E in the interior
of the western basin. From
Stanev (2005)
originating from the northern shelves over the continental slope (preconditioning by
advection). Furthermore, the mixing of cold shelf water with saltier open seawater