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    Cross-sections
    of sigma-0 along 
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    33W
    to a depth of 500m for summer 
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    (top)
    and to 3000m for winter 
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    (bottom).
    The thick line is the mixed 
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    layer
    base. 
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    Both
    winter and summer fields 
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    simulated
    by HYCOM run in 
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    MICOM
    mode are very similar to the 
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    fields
    simulated by MICOM 2.8 as 
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    expected. 
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