One
annual cycle of upper ocean
variability
is illustrated by
imaging
the temperature field
and
superimposing the vertical
coordinate
interfaces and the
mixed
layer base (thick line).
The
annual cycle at point ESTG
represents
variability in the
interior
eastern subtropical gyre.
All
three simulated fields are
generally
similar. The winter
mixed
layer is thickest in the
MICOM
mode simulation.