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dc.contributor.authorDeng, Xiaoli
dc.contributor.authorHwang, C.
dc.contributor.authorColeman, R.
dc.contributor.authorFeatherstone, Will
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T10:40:09Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T10:40:09Z
dc.date.created2010-04-11T20:02:25Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.identifier.citationDeng, Xiaoli and Hwang, Cheinway and Coleman, Richard and Featherstone, Will E. 2008. Seasonal and Interannual Variations of the Leeuwin Current off Western Australia from TOPEX/Poseidon Satellite Altimetry. Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. 19 (1-2): pp. 135-149.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4574
dc.identifier.doi10.3319/TAO.2008.19.1-2.135(SA)
dc.description.abstract

The Leeuwin Current (LC) is an eastern boundary current flowing strongly southwards along the Western Australian coastline. The current varies seasonally, with weaker southwards flow occurring during the austral summer (November to March), when southerly winds are strongest. Nearly 9.5 years of TOPEX/Poseidon-derived sea-surface heights, in conjunction with the AUSGeoid98 gravimetric geoid model, have been used to investigate the temporal characteristics of the LC over the area bounded by 20 to 45訕 and 108 to 130蚩. The ocean dynamic height associated with the LC is used to compute the geostrophic parameters of volume transport, axis velocity, height jump, width, and axis locations of the current. These parameter estimates are then used to analyse the seasonal and interannual variability of the LC, as well as effects related to the El Ni隳 Southern Oscillation (ENSO). Our results show that the LC is highly variable in terms of seasonal volume transport and is closely linked to ENSO events at interannual time-scales. Seasonally, when assuming an averaged isobath of 80 m, the LC has maximum volume transport of up to -7.2 Sv (106 m3 s-1, a negative sign means southwards transport) in April - June and -8.4 Sv in May - August in regions west and south of Western Australia, respectively. Inter-annually, the LC has higher volume transports than the average transport during 1993 - 2003 in most La Ni鎙 years, and the opposite in most El Ni隳 years, which is linked to inter-basin exchange between the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

dc.publisherChinese Geoscience Union, Geological Society, Geophysical Society, Meteorological Society of the Republic of China
dc.subjectSatellite altimetry
dc.subjectLeeuwin Current
dc.subjectWestern Australia
dc.subjectTOPEX/Poseidon
dc.subjectOcean-surface currents
dc.subjectGeostrophic parameters
dc.subjectENSO
dc.titleSeasonal and Interannual Variations of the Leeuwin Current off Western Australia from TOPEX/Poseidon Satellite Altimetry
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume19
dcterms.source.number1-2
dcterms.source.startPage135
dcterms.source.endPage149
dcterms.source.issn1017-0839
dcterms.source.titleTerrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
curtin.departmentDepartment of Spatial Sciences
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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