Seasonal and Interannual Variations of the Leeuwin Current off Western Australia from TOPEX/Poseidon Satellite Altimetry

Seasonal and Interannual Variations of the Leeuwin current off Western Aus- tralia from toPEX/Poseidon Satellite Altimetry

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 mode...

Seasonal and interannual variations of upper ocean heat balance off the west coast of Australia

[1] The Leeuwin Current, a warm, poleward flowing eastern boundary current, dominates the surface circulation off the west coast of Australia and has profound influence on regional marine ecosystem and fisheries recruitment. In this study, the seasonal and interannual variations of upper ocean heat balance in the Leeuwin Current region are analyzed by using an eddy-resolving numerical model sim...

Tropical Cyclones over Western Australia , the Leeuwin Current and Southern Annular Mode

Seasonal cycle and interannual variations of biomass burning

Improving the seasonal cycle and interannual variations of biomass burning aerosol sources S. Generoso, F.-M. Bréon, Y. Balkanski, O. Boucher, and M. Schulz Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, CEA/CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France Laboratoire d’Optique Atmosphérique, CNRS/Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France Received: 31 January 2003 – Acc...

Transient, Seasonal and Interannual Variability of the Taiwan Strait Current

We have constructed a fine-resolution model with realistic bathymetry to study the spatial and temporal variations of circulation in the Taiwan Strait (TS). The TS model with a resolution of 3~10 km derives its open boundary conditions from a larger-scale model. The QSCAT/NCEP winds and AVHRR SST provide forcing at the sea surface. Because of the high resolution in model grids and forcing, the ...