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Fig. 8.26
Start and end temperature and salinity profiles for the NES model, run for 20 days with
MM5forcing, initializedtoMaudNESS station91
takes no account of horizontal gradients and associated geostrophic shear, as well
asadvectionofWDWandEkmantransportinthe IOBL,cannotexpectto fullyde-
scribe changesoverthree weeks. However,from an heuristic viewpoint,the results
fortheMaudNESSsimulationsuggesthowsomeoftheotherwisepuzzlingfeatures
encounteredin thelowstabilityregimesnearMaudRise comeabout.
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