The north equatorial countercurrent in the Atlantic Ocean derived from drifter observations

The characteristics of the spatial structure of the Atlantic north equatorial countercurrent (NECC) have been determined from the analysis of observations of the subsatellite buoy tracers (surface drifters LOBAN-TM) launched during cruises of the research vessels operated by the Marine Hydrophysical Institute of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences. A comparison with the data obtained by other methods of current measurement has been carried out. The region of and the time of discontinuity of the NECC and of the reconstruction of its continuous zonal structure have also been determined.Translated by Mikhail M. Trufanov.