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(a)

60

HA

Scotland

°N 57

S

HD

UB

54

12 7 2

ºW

(b)

0

250

Line HA
cm s -1

500

9.6 9.5 9.4 9.3

(c)

0

250

Line HD
cm s -1

500

9.4 9.3 9.2

(d) 0

6

10

200

14

Line S
cm s -1

400

9.1 9.0

º W

Figure 10.3 (a) Slope topography (contours in metres) and location of the current sections
on the Malin and Hebridean slope during the LOIS-SES project; (b) Snapshot of the
residual flow on section HA determined in summer 1996; (c) As (b) but for section HD; (d) The
slope current, averaged over a 25-day period (August 12-September 6 1995) on the S section,
using data from moored ADCPs and current meters. In (d) positions of upward-looking
ADCPs are marked with vertical dashed lines, and the locations of individual current
meters are shown with black circles. Adapted from Souza et al., 2001 , with permission from
Elsevier.