New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts

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Eastern Cook Strait region circulation inferred from satellite-derived, sea-surface, temperature data

E. J. BARNES

New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Division of Marine and Freshwater Science Department of Scientific and Industrial Research P. O. Box 12-346, Wellington North New Zealand

Abstract Sea-surface temperature data from satellite imagery is used to improve the understanding of the ocean-current circulation of an area to the south-east of Cook Strait, New Zealand. A dominant feature of the satellite imagery is an eddy, apparently locked in position, which has a considerable influence on the interaction of the East Cape Current and the Southland Current which meet in this region.

Keywords remote sensing; ocean currents; infrared; Cook Strait; eddies; satellites; temperature

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 1985, Vol. 19: 405-411 Received 27 May 1984; accepted 11 December 1984

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