Sonardyne: Measuring Global Ocean Currents using BPRs

By Abi Wylie / 27 Nov 2023
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To measure the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation's (AMOC) impact on our changing climate, the Scottish Association for Marine Science has deployed two of Sonardyne's deep-sea FETCH AZA bottom pressure recorders (BPRs), one in the north-east Atlantic and one in the Labrador Sea, to record regular changes in sea surface height.

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