Expedition Menu

1. Introduction
2. Tracking Drifters
3. Drifters Pacific
4. Drifters Atlantic
5. Drifters Indian
6. Velocity Pacific
7. Velocity Atlantic
8. Velocity Indian
9. Global Circulation
10. Counter Currents
11. Boundary Currents

5. Tracking the Ocean Surface Currents in the Indian Ocean

From Drifting Buoy Data Assembly Center 

Notice the heads on the arrows showing direction of movement.

Generalize your observations from map below to draw a few arrows on your handout map showing the direction of surface flow

Drifter Map for

This Month's Trajectories of Drifter Buoys in Indian Ocean from Drifter Data Buoy Center

Last Updated on
July 1, 2011

Send to Don Reed
Department of Geology
San José State University