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GAK-1 MONTHLY ANOMALY TIME SERIES FOR THE 1970-2019 PERIOD OF RECORD. TEMPERATURE (UPPER TWO PANELS) AND SALINITY (LOWER TWO PANELS) ANOMALIES REPRESENT DEVIATIONS FROM THE SEASONAL AVERAGES OVER THE UPPERMOST AND LOWERMOST 50 M OF THE WATER COLUMN. THE DATA EXHIBIT A LONG-TERM TREND IN WARMING PUNCTUATED BY SIGNALS ASSOCIATED WITH CYCLES OF EL NINO AND OTHER PHENOMENA. BLACK LINES SHOW THE PERIOD OF RECORD TREND. TEXT PROVIDES TREND STATISTICS (BEST FIT LEAST SQUARES LINEAR) OVER THE RECORD LENGTH.