Subantarctic upper water

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Subantarctic Upper Water


It has a temperature of 4°–10°C in winter (August) and 4°–14°C in summer (January) and a salinity of 33.9–34.9 psu in winter, which can decrease to 33.0 in summer from the melting of ice.


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