Official Journal of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS)
Table 1 Eddy center locations, North–South distance traveled, eddy diameter, and rotational speed between days 15 and 60 for the three main eddies at 15, 45, and 60 days
Time | Eddy identifier | A | B | C | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Without tides | With tides | Without tides | With tides | Without tides | With tides | ||
15 days | Latitude | 29° 56.83ʹ S | 29° 58.46ʹ S | 32° 34.90ʹ S | 32° 42.38ʹ S | 34° 54.59 S | 34° 45.78ʹ S |
Longitude | 154° 40.97ʹ E | 154° 41ʹ E | 154° 57.51ʹ E | 154° 51.12ʹ E | 153° 51.34ʹ E | 153° 9.72ʹ E | |
45 days | Latitude | 28° 37.80ʹ S | 28° 31.90ʹ S | 32° 18.36ʹ S | 32° 12.91ʹ S | 34° 12.32ʹ S | 34° 8.95ʹ S |
Longitude | 154° 44.65ʹ E | 154° 50ʹ E | 154° 33.62ʹ E | 154° 24.64ʹ E | 154° 51.34ʹ E | 153° 55.18ʹ E | |
60 days | Latitude | 26° 54.87’ S | 27° 49.35ʹ S | – | – | 35° 18.48ʹ S | 35° 0.10ʹ S |
Longitude | 154° 33.62ʹ E | 154° 37ʹ E | – | – | 153° 41.15ʹ E | 153° 25.61ʹ E | |
North–South distance moved (km) | 1020 | 1110 (~ + 90) | 10 | 20 (~ + 10) | 20 | 10 (~ − 10) | |
Direction moved | North | North | North | North | South | South | |
Average eddy diameter (km) | 230 | 230 | 170 | 170 | 300 | 300 | |
Rotational speed (m/s) | 1.2 to > 1.0 | 1.2 to > 1.0 | 1.3 to > 0.5 | 1.3 to > 0.5 | 1.8 to > 1.3 | 1.8 to > 1.3 | |