An Observing System Simulation Experiment for the Western North Pacific Region

Figure 5

(a) Time series of salinity values on the 26.8σθ isopycnal surface at 35°N, 180° (asterisk in Figure 1), a point remote from the region of synthetic concentrated observations. (b) Vertical salinity profiles at 35°N, 180° from 26.0 to 27.4σθ in January 2000.

(a)

(b)