Comparison of autonomous Lagrangian circulation explorer and fine resolution Antarctic model results in the South Atlantic

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Davis, Russ E., Killworth, Peter D., Blundell, Jeffrey
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1996
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Drake Passage; Falkland Plateau; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/458054/

The motions of eight Autonomous Lagrangian Circulation Explorer (ALACE) floats released near 750 m depth in Drake Passage and followed through the South Atlantic are described and compared with emulations made by advecting model floats through 12 monthly snapshots of velocity from the fine resolutio...