The ventilation propagation of temperature and passive tracer anomalies are compared in a numerical model. Although both anomalies tend to have pathways close to the mean ventilation flow, the temperature anomaly could have a slower propagation speed and a more complex spatial structure. The temperature propagation is better understood in terms of baroclinic planetary waves.
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Liu, Z., & Shin, S. I. (1999). On thermocline ventilation of active and passive tracers. Geophysical Research Letters, 26(3), 357–360. https://doi.org/10.1029/1998GL900315
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