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Fig. 24 10-Day averaged SMOS SSS fields centered on the December 28, 2010 (top), February 16, 2011
(middle), and April 3, 2011 (bottom). Small black arrows indicate the major surface currents, namely the
south equatorial current (SEC) and NECC. Thick black contour is indicating the 32 pss isohaline
The freshwater pool disruption as observed by SMOS in the Panama Bight (Fig.
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middle and bottom panels) is associated with the following processes: during the boreal
winter, as the ITCZ moves southward, the northeasterly Panama gap wind creates a
