Winter
 (February 15) S along
 33W
 to a depth of 500m. The thick
 line
 is the mixed layer base.
 
 The
 simulated fields are generally
 similar
 in structure and are
 reasonably
 consistent with the
 observations.
 A major exception is
 the
 lower nearsurface S in the interior
 subtropical
 gyre for the HYCOM
 K-T
 MICOM mode simulation. This
 is
 associated with the westward
 displacement
 of the region of large
 salinity
 in the subtropical gyre
 relative
 to the location in other
 HYCOM
 simulations and in
 observations
 that was documented
 in
 earlier slides.