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GIS Layer: Sea Surface Height in the Australian Region

Australian Ocean Data Network
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Set of three ESRI grids of mean sea surface height derived from annual and semi-annual temperature and salinity cycles stored in CARS2000. CARS is a set of seasonal maps of temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, nitrate, phosphate and silicate, generated using Loess mapping from all available oceanographic data. It covers the region 100-200E, 50-0S, on a 0.5 degree grid, and on 56 standard depth levels. Higher resolution versions are also available for the Australian continental shelf. The data was obtained from the World Ocean Atlas 98 and CSIRO Marine and NIWA archives. It was designed to improve on the Levitus WOA98 Atlas, in the Australian region. These grids have been produced by CSIRO for the National Oceans Office, as part of an ongoing commitment to natural resource planning and management through the 'National Marine Bioregionalisation' project. Variations in onscreen colour representation or printed reproduction may affect perception of the contained data.

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Progress Code: completed
Maintenance and Update Frequency: notPlanned
Statement: The map layers and design layout were assembled using ESRI ArcGIS products. Grids used for mapping were spline interpolated from the 1/2 degree grids

Data time period: 1900 to 2000

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Earth Science | Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Water Masses | Earth Science | Oceans | Sea Surface Topography | Sea Surface Height | Marine Features (Australia) | Australian EEZ | geoscientificInformation | oceans |

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