Studies of the East Australian Current Off Northern New South Wales.
Abstract
Cruises in November 1982 and May 1983 were conducted to investigate the structure of the front on the near-shore edge of the East Australian Current off northern New South Wales. Concurrent satellite data were also obtained. From this work it was found that the front could move in the east-west direction at speeds of order 10 to 20 km/day, that the surface mixed layer became very shallow near the surface front, and that the front's structure was at times affected by fresh water outflow from the Clarence River. It was also found that Landsat Imagery could be useful in frontal investigations and that it is feasible to obtain depth - averaged currents with a geomagnetic electro-kinetograph (GEK). (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1986
- Accession Number
- ADA178461
Entities
People
- P. J. Mulheran