Variability of fronts, fresh water input and chlorophyll in the Indian Ocean sector of the Southern Ocean

2015 
The aim of this study was to understand the variability in the fronts and water masses, and the effect of melt water on the concentration of chlorophyll (Chl a) in the Indian Ocean sector of the Southern Ocean using hydrographic data collected during the austral summer (February 2010 and 2011). The Southern Subtropical Front (SSTF) and Northern Sub Antarctic Front (SAF1) were found to be further south at 57°30′E than at 47–48°E. This southward shift of the fronts was consistent with the southward meandering (c. 2°) of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) core from the western section to the eastern section, which could have been caused by the bottom topography. The intrusion of water masses also differed between the western and eastern transects of the study region as a result of the meandering of the ACC core. Fresh water layer thickness relative to the winter water in 2011 was more compared to that during 2010. This could have been due to the larger amount of sea ice that was present in the winter of...
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