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           39                       (a)A)                                                                                                                    (b)B)
           38
                                    15 16                                                                                       1839                         19              19
                  16                                                                16 19                                         38                    20
           37                                                                             17                                      37
           36                                                                                                                     36                             15
           35                                                                                                                     35                                                     17
           34                                                                                                                     34
           33                           15                                                                                        North Latitude33
                                    16                                                                                                                            23 22
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                    North Latitude                                                                                                                                   20          16 18
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                                    19 17
                                               18                                                                                                            21
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                                                                            18                                                                                               21
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                                    32 32

                                    9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17                                                                         9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
                                                                    East Longitude                                                                                    East Longitude

                                                                 (c)C)                                                                                              (d)D)

                    39 37.7                                                                                                       39          37.837.7       37.6
                                         37.8 37.6                                                                                      37.8                              37.7

                    38 37.7                                                                                                       38
North Latitude                                                                            38.4                                    37                                                                                   38
           37.9                                                                                                                   36
                                    37.6                                            38.1                                                      37.2 37.3      37.8
                                                           37.6                                                                                        37.4     37.4

                    37                                                                                                                                       37.5     37.4             37.9
                                                                      37.5                                                                                                       37.5

                    36 37.2                                                         37.7  38
                                                                                                           North Latitude
                    35                                                                                                            35                                                           37.9
                                                                                                                                                                                          3837.7
                                    37.3 37.6                       37.5                                                                                        37.7
                    34                                           37.8                                                             34          37.3           37.6

                                                                                38                                                                                   37.5 37.9

                    33 38.1                                                                                                       33

                                                                                                                                                                                             38.1

                    32                                                                                                            32
                                                                                                 37.9
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                       9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17                                                                                                                      East Longitude
                                                        East Longitude

Fig. 10. Comparison of the simulated coarse outer model ((a), (c), (e)) and the fine inner model ((b), (d), (f)) using 10-day averaged
temperature (a, b), salinity (c, d) and total velocity (e, f) horizontal fields at 30 m depth in August (Fig. 10 continues).
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