OceanCurrent - Ocean Surface Currents and Temperature
Ocean News: Warm beach temperatures at Sydney (11 May 2012) [more...]
Technical News: Month-long animations of high-res SST (14 May 2012) [more...]
Prepared maps and animations
[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 and a map of the anomaly of 3-day average SST for WA or East Australia will 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.
Access to data files
[IMOS data portal] [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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