Seasonal wind patterns around the Western Australian coastline and their application in fisheries analysis

Authors

Alan Pearce
Anthony M. Hart
D. V. Murphy, University of Western Australia
Hannah Rice

Publication Date

7-2015

Series Number

266

Publisher

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development

ISBN

978-1-921845-87-1

ISSN

35 - 4549

Abstract

Monthly wind statistics have been derived for 23 weather stations along the Western Australian coast from Wyndham in the north-east of the state, down the west coast and around to Eucla in the south-east. The overall seasonal wind cycle at each site has been derived based on the 30-year period 1982 to 2011 (although a few stations had shorter records), and these show the major changes between the wind regimes along the Northwest Shelf, the west coast and the south coast.

Number of Pages

44

Keywords

Winds, Wind direction, Wind-driven currents, Coasts, Seasonal variations, Fisheries, Environmental factors, Environmental effects, Pearl fisheries, Pinctada maxima, Recruitment, Larval settlement, Western Australia

Disciplines

Aquaculture and Fisheries

Recommended Citation

Pearce, A., Hart, A., Murphy, D. and Rice, H. 2015. Seasonal wind patterns around the Western Australian coastline and their application in fisheries analysis. Fisheries Research Report No. 266. Department of Fisheries, Western Australia. 48pp.