西澳洋流

西澳洋流(英语:West Australian CurrentWestern Australian Current),是位于南冰洋南印度洋表面的寒流,具季节性,于冬季较弱,夏季较强,而且受当地风势影响[1][2][3]

环绕澳洲大陆的洋流。西澳洋流与利文洋流英语Leeuwin Current位置重叠,但程反方向流动。

位置范围

西澳寒流位于澳大利亚西岸,南印度洋东岸。

成因

因为南半球西风漂流遇澳大利亚大陆阻挡而较高纬洋面升高,同时印度洋的南赤道暖流抽走海水导致较低纬海区洋面降低,从而导致洋流从较高纬流至较低纬形成寒流,是一种补偿流。 同时受离岸的信风作用,表层海水被带走,深层较冷的海水涌升,亦是垂直方向的补偿流、寒流[4]

参考

  1. ^ 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] 
  2. ^ Andrews, John C, Eddy structure and the west and east Australian currents, Flinders University of South Australia, 1979, ISBN 978-0-7258-0129-8 
  3. ^ http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2005/09/08/2043133.htm页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆) ABC article on currents around Australia
  4. ^ 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] [永久失效链接]