•Time series of
 upper-ocean variability are presented for the ten model grid points shown on the following slide. The points
 are:
 –LABS (Labrador
 Sea)
 –SLOP (Slope
 Water)
 –NAC (North Atlantic
 Current)
 –STMW (Subtropical Mode
 Water formation region)
 –SARG (Sargasso Sea,
 interior western subtropical gyre)
 –ESTG (interior eastern
 subtropical gyre)
 –EBC (subtropical
 eastern boundary current)
 –CRBN (Caribbean
 Sea)
 –TRDW (North Atlantic
 Trade Winds)
 –EQTR (Equator)
 •Two cases are
 compared
 –HYCOM KPP
 –HYCOM MICOM Mode