Surface circulation at the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula from drifters

• Published in: Journal of Physical Oceanography
• Main Authors: Thompson, Andrew F., Heywood, Karen J., Thorpe, Sally, Renner, Angelika H.H., Trasviña, Armando
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Meteorological Society 2009
• Subjects: Marine Sciences; Ecology and Environment; Hydrology; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Weddell Sea; Bransfield Strait; Weddell; South Scotia Ridge; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/11318/

An array of 40 surface drifters, drogued at 15-m depth, was deployed in February 2007 to the east of the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula as part of the Antarctic Drifter Experiment: Links to Isobaths and Ecosystems (ADELIE) project. Data obtained from these drifters and from a select number of local...