Head: Prof. Vladimir Zhmur
Department of Ocean Dynamics

The main directions of study:

Southern Ocean, its currents, fronts, water masses, ice, thermal interaction with the atmosphere.
Physicochemical properties of water masses of the Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean and the boundaries between water masses.
Intermediate layer of Antarctic water in the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic oceans.
Interannual and seasonal variability in the distribution of icebergs in all sectors of Antarctica and its relationship with El Ni?o.