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200 



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34-5 350 



355 360 



i" /OO 



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370 



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28 



Fig 70 Vertical temperature, salinity and density curves for the troposphere at "Meteor" 

 Stn. 256 (0 = 2-4° S., A = 39-3° W.). 



Increasing values of 5 and / 



Fig. 71, Position of the tropospheric salinity maximum relative to that of the thermocline 



(schematic). 



