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Figure 2: An illustration (for September 1982) of the AMIP monthly-averaged sea-surface temperature (deg C) and sea-ice distribution (white areas) as analyzed from climatological, satellite, and in-situ observations on a 2 deg latitude x 2 deg longitude grid for the period 1979-1988.



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