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The Sverdrup Relation in the Indian Ocean, and the Effect of Pacific-Indian Ocean Throughflow on Indian Ocean Circulation and on the East Australian Current
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The observed distribution of the depth-integrated steric height (mass transport function) in the Indian Ocean compares favorably with the distribution computed from the Sverdrup relation and annual average wind stresses, ...
A Buoy and Ship Examination of the Subtropical Convergence South of Western Australia
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The eddying behavior of a satellite-tracked buoy near the subtropical convergence zone south of Australia prompted a ship survey of the area. The buoy's behavior over several months suggested a quasi-stable current pattern ...
The Separation of the East Australian Current
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Oceanographic data from the last two decades show that the behavior of the East Australian Current system is qualitatively different on either side of a line extending south-southeast of Sugarloaf Point (32°30°S); to the ...