Fig. 2. The time-mean sea surface temperature (SST) for 15 March-15 April 1996: (a) total SST field displayed with a contour interval of 1C and with values >29C shaded; (b) anomalous SST field displayed with a contour interval of 0.3C and with negative contours dashed; values 0.6C ( -0.6C) are shaded (hatched). The line segments show the Discoverer ship track during the CSP; They are also shown on the three subsequent figures.