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Oceancurrent.imos.org.au David Griffin & Madeleine Cahill CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research

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18 Jan 2013: EAC as a laminar jet. Cooler shore temperature south of Brisbane. David Griffin 4 |

Geostrophic upwelling along coast e.g. at Coffs David Griffin 5 |

EAC wrapping around an eddy off Sydney David Griffin 6 |

+11days: Much more cool water at shore. David Griffin 7 |

Strong upwelling-favourable wind on 28 Jan David Griffin 8 |

Sfc flow offshore (to SE) at CH70 ADCP on 29 Jan, then strong reversal to N by 2 Feb. Why? David Griffin 9 |

Cloudy, so SST no good. Radar seems to disagree with ADCPs David Griffin 10 |

SST better by 2 Feb. Radar and ADCP both show flow to N. David Griffin 11 |

5 Feb: 10km-dia eddy 20km south of ADCPs. David Griffin 12 |

Summary: EAC geostrophic uplift, so cold water on shelf Strong wind upwelled cold water to surface Two processes drive eddy formation: 1) cold anomaly naturally cyclonic, but NB only 10km diameter 2) vorticity transfer from EAC to eddy David Griffin 13 |

21 June 2013 news item: Ocean currents too strong for NSW lobster fishers David Griffin 14 |

Cyclonic eddy formed off Newcastle on 5/3/13. Argo: 200m upward heave off JB 16/4/13 David Griffin 15 |

Persistent northward flow on shelf JB-Syd for 6 weeks David Griffin 16 |

23 April 2013 David Griffin 17 |

16 May 2013 David Griffin 18 |

31 May 2013 David Griffin 19 |

16 June 2013 David Griffin 20 |

9 May 2013 glider track: 23 Mar-28 May David Griffin 21 |

Summary According to a lobster fisher’s 30-y diary, this year’s cyclonic eddy off JB was a very rare (long-lived) feature Sampled by an Argo float then a glider Replaced by a warm eddy, so Sydney’s coastal waters were ~2° warmer in May & June than April. David Griffin 22 |

Extreme current (and sea level) events in GAB David Griffin 23 |

SAIMOS ADCP data for David Griffin 24 |

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21 May 2011 Pulse of flow to SE David Griffin 26 |

Westerly wind from small, deep low in GAB David Griffin 27 |

10 May 2012 David Griffin 28 |

8 May 2012 David Griffin 29 |

5 Sep 2012 David Griffin 30 |

4 Sep 2012 David Griffin 31 |

Summary Three cases similar, but do differ Why is the max current in inner shelf sometimes, and outer shelf other time? Need to investigate details of wind forcing; local vs propagating (CTW) components, and influence of eddies. David Griffin 32 |

Conclusions IMOS is producing a wealth of observations that are available to all, some in near-real time, others just a few mo afterwards. OceanCurrent provides a quick-look, to help everyone make best use of the data. News items draw attention to features of special interest. Please join the (too short!) list of contributors A special thanks to all our IMOS colleagues for doing the deployments and data management. David Griffin 33 |

David Griffin & Madeleine Cahill oceancurrent.imos.org.au CSIRO MARINE AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH Thank you

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