Anomalous Ekman Transport Near Kerguelen Island

• Main Authors: Christopher Roach, Helen Phillips, Nathaniel Bindoff, Stephen Rintoul
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Physical oceanography; Ekman spiral; Antarctic Circumpolar Current; EM-APEX; air-sea interaction; Antarctic; Kerguelen; Kerguelen Island; Southern Ocean; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://figshare.com/articles/conference_contribution/Anomalous_Ekman_Transport_Near_Kerguelen_Island/23091122

In this study we use data from 8 velocity profiling floats to examine the wind driven response of the surface layer of the Southern Ocean north of the Kerguelen Plateau during 2008. Assuming a constant geostrophic velocity within the upper 200m of the ocean we have identified Ekman-like spirals in 2...