Category: Surface Waves
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New ocean wind speed and direction database covering Australasian coastal waters available on the AODN Portal
The IMOS Surface Waves sub-Facility, which is operated by CSIRO in partnership with University of Melbourne, have just published a new wind data collection in the AODN Portal.
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Application of IMOS data to analysis and conclusions in the 2022 IPCC working group II report
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group II Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability report was released on 28 February 2022.
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New surface waves product added to IMOS OceanCurrent
The product provides up to date wave conditions around Australia, with data gathered from Australia’s coastal wave buoy network, several satellites and the Bureau of Meteorology’s AUSWAVE-R model.
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IMOS and space: National research infrastructure supporting and delivering satellite-derived ocean observations
This is the second in a series of IMOS Impact Case Studies, available for download from the IMOS website.
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New Synthetic Aperture Radar Waves database available through the AODN Portal
The IMOS Surface Waves sub-Facility has developed an Australian Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) waves database from Europe’s Sentinel-1 A and B SAR satellites to support scientific and industrial marine research in Australia.
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New global ocean wind speed and direction database available on the AODN Portal
The new dataset from the IMOS Surface Waves Sub-Facility can be used for studying the impacts of extreme wind speeds, assist with ship routing, and the feasibility and design of coastal and offshore structures.