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 E., Renner, Angelika H. H., Trasviña, Armando
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Bransfield Strait; South Scotia Ridge; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill
• Online Access: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/24422/; https://doi.org/10.1175/2008JPO3995.1

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...