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Water masses in the Atlantic Ocean: characteristics and distributions
Mian Liu
College of Ocean and Earth Sciences,
Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel,
Marine Biogeochemistry, Chemical Oceanography,
Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel,
Marine Biogeochemistry, Chemical Oceanography,
Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany
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Short summary
We have characterized the major water masses in the Atlantic Ocean based on the properties found in their formation areas using six properties taken from the GLODAPv2 data product, including both conservative (conservative temperature and absolute salinity) and non-conservative (oxygen, silicate, phosphate and nitrate) properties. The distributions of the water masses are estimated by using the optimum multi-parameter (OMP) model, and we have mapped the distributions of the water masses.
We have characterized the major water masses in the Atlantic Ocean based on the properties found...
