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Verwendete Abkürzungen 
AABW 
COADS 
CTD- 
CLIVAR 
DMW 
DSOW 
DWBC 
DYNAMO 
EGC 
GCM 
ISOW 
LC 
LDW 
IN ADW 
LSW 
MAR 
MOC 
MOW 
NAC 
NADW 
NAO 
NCEP/NCAR 
Nfb 
NO A A 
SAC 
SAIW 
SPMW 
SST 
Sv 
uNADW 
WCRP 
WeB 
WHP 
WOCE 
XBT 
Antarctic Bottom Water 
Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set 
Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (als Sondenparameter) 
Climate Variability and Predictability 
Deep Mediterranean Water 
Denmark Strait Overflow Water 
Deep Western Boundary Current 
Dynamics of North Atlantic Models 
Ostgrönlandstrom 
General Circulation Model 
Iceland Scottland Overflow Water 
Labradorstrom 
Labrador Deep Water 
lower North Atlantic Deep Water 
Labrador Sea Water 
Mittelatlantischer Rücken 
Meridional Overturning Circulation 
Mediterranean Outflow Water 
North Atlantic Current 
North Atlantic Deep Water 
North Atlantic Oscillation 
National Centers for Environmental Prediction/ 
National Center for Atmospheric Research 
Neufundlandbecken 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
Special Analysis Centre (des WHP) 
Subarctic Intermediate Water 
Subpolar Mode Water 
Sea Surface Temperature 
1 Sv = 10 6 m 3 s -1 
upper North Atlantic Deep Water 
World Climate Research Programme 
Westeuropäisches Becken 
WOCE Hydrographic Programme 
World Ocean Circulation Experiment 
Expendable Bathythermograph