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    In
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    slides,
    five annual cycles of upper 
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    ocean
    variability are illustrated by 
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    imaging
    the temperature field 
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    and
    superimposing the vertical 
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    coordinate
    interfaces and the 
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    mixed
    layer base (thick line). 
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    At
    the TRDW grid point, results 
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    are generally
    similar in the 
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    North
    Atlantic Trade Wind belt 
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    at
    the southern edge of the 
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    subtropical
    gyre. The KPP mixed 
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    layer
    tends to be thinner than in 
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    the
    two K-T mixing cases. Long- 
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    term
    climate drift is not observed. 
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