THE SEA CURRENT INFERENCE FROM ICEBERGS D RIFT OBSERVATIONS IN THE PACIFIC SECTOR OF THE SOUTHERN-OCEAN

The possibility of the sea current inference from iceberg's drift obse rvations is examined. The wind induced component, needed to be exclude d from total iceberg's drift vector for receiving its sea current indu ced component, was calculated from observed wind speed and direction u sing the iceberg's wind drift coefficient and angle of drift deflectio n from the wind estimated out of observations and also out of our theo retical model. Surface current vectors in the Pacific sector of the So uthern Ocean along 67 degrees S were received in such a manner for thr ee horizontal scales: 10, 100 and 1000 km. The result is compared with published charts of the geostrophic current and also with current est imates by the ship Doppler current meter.