The formation rate of water masses and its relation to air-sea fluxes and interior mixing are examined in an isopycnic model of the North (and tropical) Atlantic that includes a mixed layer. The diagnostics follow Walin's formulation, linking volume and potential density budgets for an isopycnal layer.
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