Figure 6c demonstrates the sparseness of the data in the South Pacific Ocean: In large regions south of 20◦ S, but also in isolated meridional strips in the tropics, the salinity field at the 1000m depth level is determined by very few observations.
Figure 6c demonstrates the sparseness of the data inthe South Pacific Ocean: In large regions south of 20◦ S, butalso in isolated meridional strips in the tropics, the salinityfield at the 1000m depth level is determined by very fewobservations.