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    Winter
    (February 15) 200-1000 dbar 
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    steric
    height anomaly. All fields 
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    simulated
    by HYCOM with hybrid 
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    vertical
    coordinates are qualitatively 
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    very
    similar. The subtropical gyre 
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    simulated
    by HYCOM in MICOM 
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    mode
    is not as strong as in the other 
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    simulations.
    The subtropical gyre 
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    strength
    in the hybrid coordinate 
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    simulation
    is in closer agreement 
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    with
    observations. 
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