Fig. 2: Water properties observed in the subtropical South Atlantic. | Communications Earth & Environment

Fig. 2: Water properties observed in the subtropical South Atlantic.

From: Energetic overturning flows, dynamic interocean exchanges, and ocean warming observed in the South Atlantic

Fig. 2

a Conservative temperature (Θ, °C), b Absolute salinity (SA, g kg−1), and c Dissolved oxygen (O2, μmol kg−1) along the SAMBA section at 34.5°S in January 201756. The neutral density layers (γn, kg m−3) bounding each water mass are shown in white dotted curves in all panels. A map showing the location of anticyclonic and cyclonic eddies crossed during the cruise in magenta and cyan, respectively, is shown on top of panel a. The diamonds indicate the location of the 128 CTD profiles, colored in black, magenta and cyan depending if they were occupied outside, or within an anticyclonic or a cyclonic eddy, respectively. The upper 1000 dbar are vertically stretched. SW Surface Water, SACW South Atlantic Central Water, AAIW Antarctic Intermediate Water, UCDW Upper Circumpolar Deep Water, NADW North Atlantic Deep Water, LCDW Lower Circumpolar Deep Water, AABW Antarctic Bottom Water.

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