Fig. 1: Instrumented seal data distribution and associated sea ice state.
From: Observed regimes of submesoscale dynamics in the Southern Ocean seasonal ice zone
a Map showing all available seal-borne Conductivity-Temperature-Depth data from the Southern Ocean. Profiles south of the climatological maximum winter sea ice edge (red) are colored by the collocated satellite sea ice concentration. A dashed red line marks the continental shelf break (1000 m isobath). b Number of profiles in the whole dataset, aggregated over 2° × 5° latitude-longitude boxes. Boxes north of maximum winter ice edge are partially transparent to emphasize the data within the seasonal ice zone. Histograms of the (c) distance and (d) time between consecutive dives along a seal track, for data in the seasonal ice zone only. In both panels, a solid and dotted line mark the mean and 90th percentile, respectively. e Number of profiles by month, for data in the seasonal ice zone only.
