| Abstract: | In this paper observational data are used to compute drift and geostrophic current components and to evaluate water transport
in the upper 0–800 m ocean layer. Water circulation in the south-western Indian Ocean has been shown to differ from the circulation
in similar areas of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The West Australian current, closing the anticyclonic gyre, is an intervening
flow. On the other hand, within the upper 200 m layer, the current flows southward along the West Australian coast, thereby
producing specific hydrological conditions in that region.
Translated by Vladimir A. Puchkin. |
