Subarctic upper water

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Term: Subarctic upper water
Definition: The water mass found north of the North Pacific subtropical convergence region between 50N and the Alaskan coast. It has a temperature of 2-6C and a salinity below 33 psu.
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Created 2022.03.08
Last Modified 2023.03.27
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