Tuchen et al. 
data and processing protocols are provided by the IRD IMAGO 
‚eam via: https://www.seanoe.org/data/00601/71295/. PIRATA 
moored surface buoy current meter data can be accessed via: 
https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/drupal/disdel/ and high vertical 
resolution PIRATA ADCP data between October 2008 and June 
2009 can be accessed via: www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/drupal/disdel/ 
adcp_0n23w/index.html. 
AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS 
FPT and PB conceived the study. FPT wrote the manuscript, 
nandled the MMP data, and produced the final data product and 
ügure. PB acquired project funding and ship time on research 
zruises to maintain the subsurface mooring. JH, RH, and GK 
handled the KPO (L)ADCP and current meter data. BB and CP 
provided PIRATA (L)ADCP and current meter measurements. 
MM provided additional PIRATA ADCP data. JT developed the 
MMP processing toolbox and helped with early MMP 
deployments. All authors contributed to the discussion of the 
data report, read, and approved the submitted version. 
FUNDING 
This study was funded by EU H2020 under grant agreement 817578 
TRIATLAS project, by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft as part 
of the Sonderforschungsbereich754 “Climate-Biogeochemistry 
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