Heath: AN OCCURRENCE OF LOW WATER TEM . . .

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts

AN OCCURRENCE OF LOW WATER TEMPERATURES ON THE NORTH CANTERBURY COAST (NOTE)

R. A. Heath

New Zealand Oceanographic Institute, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Wellington

Abstract A recorded instance of a rapid decrease in sea surface temperature on 10 April 1968 on the north Canterbury coast is found to be caused by increased transport of the Southland Current rather than by wind-derived upwelling, and shows that gross changes in coastal current characteristics on the north Canterbury coast can occur under particular meteorological conditions.

N.Z. Jl mar. Freshwat. Res. 4: 223-6
(Received for publication 16 December 1969)

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