The circulation of Atlantic Water (AW, http://www.ciesm.org/catalog/WaterMassAcronyms. pdf, 100-200 m thick) in the eastern basin of the Mediterranean Sea is still debated. Four major schemata have been proposed up to now: Nielsen (1912; Fig. 1a), Ovchinnikov (1966; Fig. 1b), Lacombe and Tchernia (1972; Fig. 1c), and Robinson et al. (1991; Fig. 1d), completed by SCIENTIA MARINA 70 (3)
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