西澳洋流
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]。
位置范围
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]。
參考
- ^ 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 （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆） 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]