LIST  OF  ILLUSTRATIONS  AND  TABLES



			DATA  DESCRIPTION

Data location	:					Fig. 1 

Data gridding  :					Table 1

Data distribution in time  :				Fig. 2 			


		DESCRIPTION  OF THERMAL STRUCTURE     


	 	        MEAN  AND  VARIANCE
 
Mean temperature section :				Fig. 3
Bimonthly mean temperature sections :			Fig. 4.1 - 4.12
Total  Standard Deviation (STD) : 			Fig. 5 
Seasonal  Standard Deviation (STD) : 			Fig. 6
Interannual  Standard Deviation (STD) :			Fig. 7
Seasonal STD / Interannual STD :			Fig. 8
Noise  Standard Deviation (STD) :			Fig . 9 
Noise STD / Signal STD :				Fig. 10  
Mean salinity section :		 			Fig. 11 
Bimonthly mean salinity sections :			Fig. 12.1 - 12.12



	         CLIMATOLOGY  -  MEAN SEASONAL CYCLE  


SST : 							Table 2 & Fig. 13
D20 :							Table 3 & Fig. 14
Dynamic  Height( 0/400 ): 				Table 4a & Fig. 15a  
Dynamic  Height( 0/700 ): 				Table 4b & Fig. 15b
Transport  Function( 0/400 ): 				Table 5a & Fig. 16a 
Transport  Function( 0/700 ): 				Table 5b & Fig. 16b
Total  Transport( 0/400 ): 				Table 6a $ Fig. 17a 
Total  Transport( 0/700 ):				Table 6b & Fig. 17b 

	 	

			INTERANNUAL VARIATION  


Examples of Optimally Averaged temperatures :

                IX-1 :                                  Fig. 18
                IX-12 :                                 Fig. 19
                IX-22/PX-11 :                           Fig. 20
                PX-2 :                                  Fig. 21

Time Series of :  

		SST :					Fig. 22.1 - 22.6
		D20 :					Fig. 23.1 - 23.6
		Dynamic Height( 0/400 )			Fig. 24.1 - 24.6   							
Hovmoller Diagrams of :

                SST anomaly : 				Fig. 25 
		D20 anomaly				Fig. 26 
		Dynamic  Height( 0/400 ) anomaly	Fig. 27 	



		   EOF  ANALYSIS  OF  ANOMALIES 

SST spatial  eigenvectors :				Fig. 28.1 - 28.3 
SST temporal  coefficients :				Fig. 29.2 - 29.3
D20 spatial  eigenvectors :				Fig. 30.1 - 30.3
D20 temporal  coefficients :				Fig. 31.2 - 31.3 
Dynamic Height ( 0/400 ) spatial eigenvectors :		Fig. 32.1 - 32.3 
Dynamic Height ( 0/400 ) temporal coefficients :	Fig. 33.1 - 33.3