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List of Symbols 



c = concentration of material 



S5 = sum of sources and sinks 



DIDt = total of material derivative 



dcldt = rate of change of concentration 



p = density of water 



Po = reference (constant) density 



T = time interval (days) 



T = transport in bottom layer 



Tb = transport in bottom friction layer 



L = length (km) 



t = discrete time (/,, /,, etc.) 



Q = horizontal volume flux 



Qv = vertical volume flux 



V = segment volume 



C = volume-averaged concentration quantities 



I.QC = divergence of concentration flux around 

 boundaries of each segment 



H 

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y 



z 



f 



a 

 V 

 J 

 i 



J 

 k 



u 



U 



bottom depth 

 acceleration of gravity 

 elevation of sea surface 

 surface wind stress 



linear bottom friction parameter 



vertical coordinate 



Coriolis parameter 



vertically integrated density 



divergence operator (d/dx, d/dy. d/dz) 



Jacobian operator 



unit vector 



unit vector 



unit vector in vertical direction 



velocity vector (u, v, w) 



velocity (cm/s or km/d) 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



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We thank the officers and crew of the NOAA ship 

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