XBT Analysis - East Australian Current velocity at 34°S

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The East Australian Current

Location of PX34, which is used to compute the East Australian Current velocity at 34°S, overlaid on the (left) Mean Dynamic Topography, and (right) Mean Geostrophic Velocity from the MDT_CNES-CLS09 climatology.

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Mean East Australian Current velocity (34°S)

Baroclinic geostrophic velocity accross PX34 based on preliminary analysis of the XBT data.

The XBT data along PX34 can be obtained here>>

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Acknowledgments

The Mean Dynamic Topography and Mean Geostrophic Velocity fields are from the MDT_CNES-CLS09 climatology produced by CLS Space Oceanography Division and distributed by AVISO, with support from CNES.