This is a vigorous coastal current with speeds as large as 175 cm s . To date, all transport estimates have been based on hydrographic data which are sensitive to the selection of a level of no motion. Study area setting. Mooring numbers are consecutive but only outer ones are labeled. Shown in the insert is the regional circulation.
Depths are in meters.
In this paper we present the first estimates of transport in the ACC computed using current and bottom pressure records. A description of current and bottom pressure data obtained during this experiment, together with surface winds, is presented in Roach et al . Reed et al . The focus of this paper is to describe transport, to examine mechanisms causing fluctuations, and to investigate geostrophy.