Abstract: Wind data from the European Remote-Sensing Satellite (ERS-1) scatterometer are used to depict wind fields in coastal waters around New Zealand. They include mesoscale detail not resolved by present operational models nor ...

Abstract: The mean dynamic height of the ocean surface is estimated along a subsatellite track of TOPEX/Poseidon crossing the East Auckland Current system northeast of New Zealand. Repeated hydrographic surveys along the track, ...

Abstract: Mesoscale lows are observed off the central west coast, South Island, New Zealand. These features are evidenced in pressure dips measured at a buoy moored about 50 km off the west coast. They do not appear in measurements ...