Summer
(August 15) T along
65W
to a depth of 500m. The thick
line
is the mixed layer base.
These
cross-sections illustrate the
subtropical
mode water (STMW).
All
HYCOM hybrid-coordinate
simulations
produce 18-degree
water
while HYCOM run in
MICOM
mode produced STMW
that
is too cold (as does MICOM
2.8
– not shown).