OceanCurrent - Ocean Surface Currents and Temperature
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Prepared maps and animations
[Source Data] [what's shown] [animation won't play?]
Imagery for import into Google Earth
[West Australia, with details for SW] [2008-now]
[East Australia, with details for SE] [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. Drag the time slider right to see the most recent data. 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 very fast broadband 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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