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Significant differences also arise due to the way how the original data are averaged. We use
averaging on isopycnal surfaces, whereas in the WOA01 climatology data are averaged on
isobaric surfaces.
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Fig. 16: Examples of artificial water mass production due to isobaric averaging in
the WOA01 climatology. Black lines outline artificial water masses due to
isobaric averaging of the data in the WOA01 climatology.