Subscribers: Understanding eddies: example of a low off Cape Brett, New Zealand.

There's a clockwise-rotating eddy dominating the flow off Whangaroa and the Bay of Islands at the moment. This is called a cyclonic or cool core eddy in the southern hemisphere. Note that the flow direction is the opposite for cool core eddies in the northern hemisphere. You can see the eddy outlined by the current...

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