Monsoon currents south of Ceylon (ICM8)

This experiment produced 73 current meter records from 9 moorings. You can view metadata and download the records by clicking on links in the table below. Each current meter record is identified in the table by its depth and the name of the mooring. A brief description of the experiment is available. You may want to look at a map of the array to see where the moorings were. If you do download any of the records you should review the note on file format. From here you can also move up one level to the list of WOCE experiments.

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The first three current meter moorings were deployed along a north-south line just south of Ceylon (see map) during late December and early January 1991, and were retrieved in March 1992. The northernmost and southernmost moorings (K1 and K3) carried acoustic doppler profilers at a depth of about 250 meters. Several Aanderaa RCM's were positioned below each ADCP, and on the middle mooring (K2).

Four additional moorings were emplaced in July 1993 and recovered during September 1994. This array (Moorings K4, K5, K6, K7, K8, and K9) was located along the same meridian as the first group, but extended farther to the south. Again, the moorings contained a mixture of ADCP's and Aanderaa RCM's.

Related publications

Schott, F., J. Reppin, J. Fischer, and D. Quadfasel (1994): Currents and transports of the Monsoon Current south of Sri Lanka. J. Geophys. Res., 99(C12), 25127-25141.

Stramma, L., J. Fischer and F. Schott (1996): The flow field of southwest India at 8N during the southwest monsoon of August 1993. J. Mar. Res., 54(1), 55-72.

J. Reppin, F.A. Schott, J. Fischer and D. Quadfasel (1999): Equatorial currents and transports in the upper central Indian Ocean: annual cycle and interannual variability. J. Geophys. Res., 104(C7), 15495-15514.

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