A study published in Ocean Science has analyzed surface currents as observed from satellites ... according to the research ...

Gyres are spiral oceanic surface currents and are found in both the ... polewards flows concentrated in the western edges of each ocean. For example: Gulf Stream in the north-west Atlantic ...

However, it wasn't until the last couple of decades that these tools were adapted to surface ocean currents and wind ... "An obvious example would be search and rescue of missing people," Duran ...