The physical oceanography of the transport of floating marine debris

E Van Sebille, S Aliani, KL Law… - Environmental …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Marine plastic debris floating on the ocean surface is a major environmental problem.
However, its distribution in the ocean is poorly mapped, and most of the plastic waste …

Revisiting the circulation of the East Australian Current: Its path, separation, and eddy field

PR Oke, M Roughan, P Cetina-Heredia, GS Pilo… - Progress in …, 2019 - Elsevier
The traditional view of the East Australian Current (EAC), as depicted in many schematics, is
of a continuous boundary current that flows along the shelf off eastern Australia, between …

Dynamics of interannual eddy kinetic energy modulations in a western boundary current

J Li, M Roughan, C Kerry - Geophysical Research Letters, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Among Western Boundary Currents, the East Australian Current (EAC) has a more
energetic eddy field relative to its mean flow, however, the relationship between upstream …

Meridional oceanic heat transport influences marine heatwaves in the Tasman Sea on interannual to decadal timescales

E Behrens, D Fernandez, P Sutton - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Marine heatwaves (MHWs) pose an increasing threat to the ocean's wellbeing as global
warming progresses. Forecasting MHWs is challenging due to the various factors that affect …

Marine litter tracking system: a case study with open-source technology and a citizen science-based approach

S Merlino, M Locritani, A Guarnieri, D Delrosso… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
It is well established that most of the plastic pollution found in the oceans is transported via
rivers. Unfortunately, the main processes contributing to plastic and debris displacement …

Downstream evolution of the East Australian Current system: Mean flow, seasonal, and intra‐annual variability

C Kerry, M Roughan - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The East Australian Current (EAC) varies on both seasonal and mesoscale eddy
related timescales, with important impacts for weather, primary productivity, and fisheries …

Drivers, dynamics, and persistence of the 2017/2018 Tasman Sea marine heatwave

JB Kajtar, SD Bachman, NJ Holbrook… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
During the austral summer of 2017/2018, the Tasman Sea experienced an intense marine
heatwave over an extensive area. It persisted for approximately 3 months and caused …

Wind forced variability in eddy formation, eddy shedding, and the separation of the East Australian Current

CYS Bull, AE Kiss, NC Jourdain… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The East Australian Current (EAC), like many other subtropical western boundary
currents, is believed to be penetrating further poleward in recent decades. Previous …

Characterizing the Variability of Boundary Currents and Ocean Heat Content Around New Zealand Using a Multi‐Decadal High‐Resolution Regional Ocean Model

C Kerry, M Roughan, J De Souza - Journal of Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
New Zealand is located in the southwest Pacific Ocean and is surrounded by a complex
system of boundary currents that vary on a variety of time scales, with important impacts on …

Impact of assimilating repeated subsurface temperature transects on state estimates of a western boundary current

DE Gwyther, M Roughan, C Kerry… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Western Boundary Currents and the eddies they shed are high priorities for numerical
estimation and forecasting due to their economic, ecological and dynamical importance …