Float trajectories from
12491 ALACE displacements in the Southern Ocean. Roughly two-thirds of
these measurements
include PALACE floats profiles. Repeated trajectories of the same float
are the same color. Vectors indicate mean
velocities as indicated by the scale, and vector length do not vary as
a fonction of latitude. Most of these Southern
Ocean floats show strong zonal velocities, indicating that they have
been carried by the ACC.
From Gille, S. T., 2003. Float
Observations of the Southern Ocean: Part 1, Estimating Mean
Fields, Bottom Velocities, and Topographic Steering, J. Phys.
Oceanogr, 33, 1167-1181. (pdf
reprint, 845 Kbytes)