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    LABS
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    SLOP
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    NAC
    (North Atlantic Current) 
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    STMW
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    SARG
    (Sargasso Sea, interior western subtropical gyre) 
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    ESTG
    (interior eastern subtropical gyre) 
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    EBC
    (subtropical eastern boundary current) 
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    CRBN
    (Caribbean Sea) 
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    EQTR
    (Equator) 
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    Two
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    HYCOM
    KPP 
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    HYCOM
    MICOM Mode 
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