Figure 1: Southern Ocean eddy kinetic energy is high in the core of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, both because the current meanders and because it spawns eddies. The path of the current is steered around ridges and bumps in the ocean floor.
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Figure 1: Southern Ocean eddy kinetic energy is high in the core of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, both because the current meanders and because it spawns eddies. The path of the current is steered around ridges and bumps in the ocean floor. |