Marine Climate Change in Australia

Summary The East Australian Current (EAC) is a complex and highly energetic western boundary system in the south-western Pacific off eastern Australia. The EAC forms part of the western boundary of the South Pacific Gyre and the linking element between the Pacific and Indian Ocean gyres. The EAC is similar to other western boundary currents and is dominated by a series of mesoscale eddies which produce highly variable patterns of current...