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Figure 2. Modeled flow vectors (in centimeters per second) on the 1,027.7-kilogram-per-cubic-meter isopycnal surface. The scale length for velocity shows 20 centimeters per second. The shaded underlay indicates the potential temperature (°C) on the isopycnal surface. The nature of isopycnal surfaces in this region is such that they shoal as one traverses the domain from the Scotia Sea southward into the Weddell Sea. Additionally, the cyclonic circulation of the Weddell Gyre causes the isopycnal surface to dome and hence outcrop in the center of the gyre.