ADELIE Antarctic Drifter Experiment: Links to Isobaths and Ecosystems.

最近的数据表明，与主流观点相反，朝鲜半岛西面存在近地表洋流的路径。如果得到证实，它们对于保留和/或扩散磷虾幼体和其他被动漂浮颗粒将是重要的。南极坡锋似乎在进入韦德尔斯科舍汇流时失去了它的性质。阿德利项目将在南极半岛附近部署20个海面漂浮者和4个阿尔戈浮游者。海面漂流者被设计成跟随洋流，每天几次通过卫星遥测他们的位置。ARGO浮标被设计成跟随那里的水流漂浮在海洋深处，大约1000米处。每隔10天，它们就会来到海面，在移动过程中测量温度和盐度，并通过卫星遥测它们的位置和剖面数据。这些漂浮物和漂流者将横跨南极海岸流和南极坡面。横跨这些水流的一段温度和盐度将指示它们的位置并量化它们的强度。他们的路径将第一次被绘制出来。将研究控制这些锋面急流分裂和转向的水深测量的影响。将分析涡旋解析海洋模型(一些带有海冰)的输出，并在其流场中部署虚拟漂移器。

Recent data suggest that, contrary to prevailing views, there are pathways for near surface currents around the Peninsula to the west. If proved, these would be important for the retention and/or dispersal of krill larvae and other passive drifting particles. The Antarctic Slope Front appears to lose its properties as it enters the Weddell Scotia Confluence. The ADELIE project will deploy 20 surface drifters and 4 Argo floats near the Antarctic Peninsula. The surface drifters are designed to follow the ocean current and will telemeter their position back via satellite several times a day. The Argo floats are designed to float deep in the ocean, at about 1000 m, following the current there. Every 10 days they come up to the surface, measuring temperature and salinity as they go, and telemeter their location and the profile data back via satellite. These floats and drifters will span the Antarctic Coastal Current and Antarctic Slope Front. A section of temperature and salinity across these flows will indicate their locations and quantify their strength. Their pathways will be mapped for the first time. The influence of bathymetry controlling the splitting and steering of these frontal jets will be studied. Output from eddy resolving ocean models (some with sea ice) will be analysed and virtual drifters deployed in their flow fields.