Brief description
Set of quarterly maps of mean sea surface currents 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 in the region. It covers the region 100-200E, 50-0S, on a 1/2 degree grid, and on 56 standard depth levels. 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 maps 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. Sea surface height not defined for depths less than 400m. Variations in onscreen colour representation or printed reproduction may affect perception of the contained data.Lineage
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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Subjects
Countries | Australia |
Earth Science | Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Advection |
Earth Science | Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents |
Earth Science | Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Thermohaline Circulation |
Earth Science | Oceans | Sea Surface Topography | Sea Surface Height |
Marine Features (Australia) | Australian EEZ |
oceans |
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Identifiers
- Local : Anzlic Identifier: ANZCW1205000833
- Local : Marlin Record Number: 8148
- global : 45987c10-0f48-43dc-808e-831cca0d134e
