西澳洋流
外觀
西澳洋流(英語:West Australian Current或Western Australian Current),是位於南冰洋及南印度洋表面的寒流,具季節性,於冬季較弱,夏季較強,而且受當地風勢影響[1][2][3]。
位置範圍
[編輯]成因
[編輯]因為南半球西風漂流遇澳大利亞大陸阻擋而較高緯洋面升高,同時印度洋的南赤道暖流抽走海水導致較低緯海區洋面降低,從而導致洋流從較高緯流至較低緯形成寒流,是一種補償流。 同時受離岸的信風作用,表層海水被帶走,深層較冷的海水涌升,亦是垂直方向的補償流、寒流[4]。
參考
[編輯]- ^ Australia. Dept. of Works; Environmental Resources of Australia, Off-shore current metering west of Garden Island Western Australia : July-September 1972, Environmental Resources of Australia, 1972 [8 October 2014]
- ^ Andrews, John C, Eddy structure and the west and east Australian currents, Flinders University of South Australia, 1979, ISBN 978-0-7258-0129-8
- ^ http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2005/09/08/2043133.htm (頁面存檔備份,存於互聯網檔案館) ABC article on currents around Australia
- ^ Sanmartín, Isabel; Wanntorp, Livia; Winkworth, Richard C, West Wind Drift revisited: testing for directional dispersal in the Southern Hemisphere using event-based tree fitting, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2007 [8 October 2014][永久失效連結]