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is observed at the surface but the vertical structure goes even deeper than the thermocline. These rings travel from their area of formation, between 5ºN to 8ºN and 50ºW to 53ºW, until the Lesser Antilles and disperse into the Caribbean Sea. The life span of these rings are typically of 3-4 months and they travel at 8-16 cm/s northwestward. They carry around 1-2 Sv. each ring and are responsible of a total of 6-7 Sv. of water transport towards the islands. At this latitude, NBC rings are responsible

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