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WAMSI Node 4.4.2-2c - Drift current trajectories along the SW Australian continental shelf

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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Six free-drifting GPS-tracked buoys were released off Mandurah and Cape Naturaliste in November 2008 and March 2009. Two of these moved off the continental shelf, one northwards into the equatorial Indian Ocean and the other was entrained into the Leeuwin Current and was carried around to the south coast. The other four buoys drifted northwards along the continental shelf in the Capes Current, but showed some interesting current reversals and small-scale variability. These results are giving us a better idea of the likely movements of dhufish larvae (which spawn in this area in summer), both in terms of temporary retention in eddies/reversals and potential dispersal along the shelf.

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Title WAMSI Node 4.4.2-2c - Drift current trajectories along the SW Australian continental shelf
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/2c600a83-5068-48d6-b0b5-ae0d1c49ff1c
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
daniel.gaughan@fish.wa.gov.au
Reference Period 22/11/2017
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "WAMSI Node 4.4.2-2c - Drift current trajectories along the SW Australian continental shelf". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/wamsi-node-4-4-2-2c-drift-current-trajectories-along-the-sw-australian-continental-shelf