Figure 2

Horizontal distributions of temperature (°C) and salinity (psu) at the surface and the bottom in the PRE in May 2015, August 2015 and January 2016. T, Sal, surf, bott, Jan and Aug, represent temperature, salinity, surface, bottom, August and January, respectively. The figure was plotted using Surfer 11 (http://www.goldensoftware.com/products/surfer).