XBT Analysis - Ocean Currents Monitoring

Many transects in the XBT network are designed to cross main ocean currents, including boundary currents. We present here assessments of the spatial and temporal variability of velocity and transport of key oceans currents using XBT observations as the main data set.


Florida Current - 27°N

XBT-derived velocity and transport variability across AX_WBTS


Tropical Atlantic Currents

XBT+Altimetry estimates of location of currents and transport variability across AX08

Brazil Current - 22°S

XBT-derived velocity and transport variability across AX97

Brazil Current - 34°S

XBT-derived velocity and transport variability across AX18


Agulhas Current - 28°S

XBT-derived estimates of current velocity across IX21


Leeuwin Current

XBT-derived estimates of current velocity across IX15


Indonesian Throughflow

XBT-derived estimates of location of currents and transport variability across IX01

East Australian Current - 30°S

XBT-derived estimates of current velocity and transport variability across PX30

East Australian Current - 34°S

XBT-derived estimates of current velocity across PX34

Kuroshio Current - 34°N

XBT-derived estimates of current velocity across PX05

Kuroshio Current- 22°N

XBT-derived estimates of current velocity across PX44


California Current System

XBT-derived estimates of current velocity across PX37

Antarctic Circumpolar Current

XBT-derived velocity and transport variability across AX25

XBT-derived velocity and transport variability across AX22

XBT-derived velocity and transport variability across IX28