Surface currents and upwelling in Kerguelen Plateau regions

• Main Authors: Zhou, M., Zhu, Y., D'Ovidio, F., Park, Y.-h., Durand, I., Kestenare, E., Sanial, V., Van-beek, P., Queguiner, B., Carlotti, F., Blain, S.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus GmbH 2014
• Subjects: geo; envir; Austral; Curl; Kerguelen; Kerguelen Islands
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/bgd-11-6845-2014; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00295/40621/39568.pdf; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00295/40621/

Mean currents, horizontal diffusivity and upwelling on the Kerguelen Plateau and the deep basin east of the Kerguelen Islands were studied using 48 World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) Standard Surface Velocity Program (SVP) drifters deployed during the 2011 austral spring KEOPS II (KErguelen O...