Sy, A. et al. (2002): Upper Ocean Climate Shlp-of-Opportunlty Programme of BSH - A Status Report 
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2. XBT network 
A summarized regional overview of BSH’s XBT SOOP activities from 1988 to 2002 is 
presented in Fig. 1 which shows the areas of main emphasis, i.e. lines AX-3 (GOOS A-2 
corridor) and AX-11. 
80"W 70”W 60"W 50"W 40’W 30"W 20‘W 10“W 0° 10’E 20"E 
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70'N 
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Fig. 1: Regional distribution of XBT drop locations from SOOs 1988 - 2002.