IMOS OceanCurrent

OceanCurrent - Ocean Surface Currents and Temperature

Ocean News: MODIS snapshots of the Leeuwin Current off south-west WA, 2002-2012 (9,24 May 2013) [more...]
Fourteen loops and counting: why do cyclonic eddies trap drifters? (3 May 2013) [more...]
Notable examples of ocean dynamics recently recorded by the IMOS shelf ADCPs (17 April 2013) [more...]
2nd thoughts, maybe the Tasmanian glider sampled an eddy of low-salinity water, rather than a lee eddy. (12 April 2013) [more...]
Strong northeastward currents on the SE Tasmanian shelf generate a lee eddy behind Tasman Island:- IMOS glider confirms a model prediction (3 April 2013) [more...]
First major upwelling of the season for the Bonney Coast (6,8 March) [more...]

Technical News: Updating of satellite imagery (7,11,12 June 2013):[more...]
MODIS Chlorophyll-a processing of 2002-2012 imagery completed using SeaDAS6.4 (6,29 May 2013) [more...]
MODIS Chlorophyll-a maps are back (24 April 2013) [more...]
Revised altimetry maps for 13-18 April (23, 24 April 2013) [more...]
High-res SST very sparse (16, 23 April 2013) [more...]
HF radar back on line (15 April 2013) [more...]

Prepared maps and animations

Click on any rectangle to see the latest image for the region or quantity selected, then navigate through time using the [PREV] [NEXT] [DATE INDEX] links.
[Source Data] [what's shown] [animation won't play?]

Imagery for import into Google Earth

[West Australia, last 6 days] [2008-now]
[East Australia, last 6 days] [2008-now]
Click one of these links to make a map of the anomaly of 3-day average SST for WA or East Australia appear in Google Earth. If you select the 'last 6 days' link, drag the time slider right to see the most recent data. For either recent or old, zoom in to see 'snapshot' images of SST anomaly, overlain with altimeter-derived estimates of currents. Move the time slider slowly to load other days' data. Warning: You need a good internet connection for this to work well. Tip: Do not save this to My Places in GE. To refresh tomorrow, reload from the website.
The GE screenshot at left [expand] shows an ocean rower positioning himself to get a free ride with the current, as an example of how GE enables you to combine information from several sources.

Argo temperature and salinity Time-series from moored intruments

Access to data files

[IMOS data portal] [Near-Real-Time gridded altimetry via OPeNDAP] [Delayed-Mode gridded altimetry via OPeNDAP] [IMOS Satellite Remote Sensing Facility] [data-reading tutorial - coming soon]

Methods

[FAQ - coming soon] [Technical details] [Glossary] [References] [Acknowledgements]

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