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Figure 3

From: Increased gulf stream warm core ring formations contributes to an observed increase in salinity maximum intrusions on the Northeast Shelf

Figure 3

Red shading over the shelf shows the Salinity Maximum Intrusion frequency within 0.3 by 0.3 degree bins from EcoMon Data during (a) Regime 1 (1990–1999) and (b) Regime 2 (2000–2019). The green–blue shading within the Slope Sea shows the percent of the year each region was occupied by Warm Core Rings with the 10, 20, and 30% occupancy lines plotted in red dotted lines. Thick black outline shows the region within which the ring footprint index is calculated. This region is bounded by the 100 m isobath along its inshore edge and extends 1-degree offshore. The map in this figure was generated using M_Map15.

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