Publication Date
7-2015
Series Number
266
Publisher
Western Australia Department of Fisheries
ISBN
978-1-921845-87-1
ISSN
1035 - 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.
Keywords
Winds, Wind direction, Wind-driven currents, Coasts, Seasonal variations, Fisheries, Environmental factors, Environmental effects, Pearl fisheries, Pinctada maxima, Recruitment, Larval settlement, Western Australia
Recommended Citation
Pearce, A, Hart, A M, Murphy, D V, and Rice, H. (2015), Seasonal wind patterns around the Western Australian coastline and their application in fisheries analysis. Western Australia Department of Fisheries, Perth. Report 266.
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