Surface salinity values are influenced by evaporation, precipitation, river inflow, and melting of sea ice. Surface water temperatures, which vary with latitude, current systems, and season and reflect the latitudinal distribution of solar energy, range from less than 2 deg to 29 deg C (28 deg to 84 deg F).
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with latitude, current systems, and season
the latitudinal distribution of solar energy