This week we found ourselves within 50km of the EEZ of Trindade. Trindade is an archipelago located in the Southern Atlantic Ocean. It has a population of 32 consisting entirely of Brazilian Navy personnel. The island is of volcanic origin and consists of very rugged terrain. Part of our agreements for the Challenger mission have us avoiding entering EEZ’s in which we have no contacts. So we will cautiously be flying near Trindade but will be certain to avoid seamounts and entering their EEZ.
Currents in the surface layers both show an eddy to our immediate south west. MyOcean however shows it as a counter-clockwise warm eddy while RTOFS is showing it as a clockwise cold eddy. At depth the models continue to disagree as remnants of both eddies can be seen throughout the water column. As we get deeper this develops into a large flux north seen in the MyOcean data (which agrees with the glider’s calculations) and a southward flux from RTOFS.
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