Bottom currents measured with moorings show how even small-scale topography strongly steers and funnels flows near the seafloor. (IMAGE)

MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen

Bottom currents measured with moorings show how even small-scale topography strongly steers and funnels flows near the seafloor.

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Bottom currents measured with moorings show how even small-scale topography strongly steers and funnels flows near the seafloor (only 8 out of 34 mooring locations are shown in the figure). Moreover, ocean currents are highly variable at different time-scales due to several processes such as tides or the passage of eddies, as shown by the snapshot of ocean currents at 500-meter water depth obtained from the GLORYS reanalysis. Graphic: E. Miramontes, My Ocean Viewer by Copernicus, small map modified from Bailey et al., 2024

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E. Miramontes, My Ocean Viewer by Copernicus, small map modified from Bailey et al., 2024

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