The North West Cape oceanography study

This study was initiated to observe physical and biological processes on a range of time scales (seasonal to hourly) within the shelf and slope domain spanning Ningaloo Reef, the entrance to Exmouth Gulf and north as far as Thevenard Island off Onslow. The study was interdisciplinary and involved physical oceanographic, ocean colour/primary productivity and fisheries dispersal studies. Only the physical oceanographic sampling by AIMS is outlined here. Instrumentation was provided by other organisations in order to allow a suitable sampling array.

本研究旨在观测覆盖宁格罗礁（Ningaloo Reef）、埃克斯茅斯湾（Exmouth Gulf）入口海域，并向北延伸至昂斯洛外海瑟弗纳德岛（Thevenard Island）周边的陆架与陆坡区域内，不同时间尺度（从季节级至小时级）的物理与生物过程。本研究为跨学科研究，涵盖物理海洋学、海洋水色/初级生产力以及渔业扩散相关研究内容。本文仅概述由澳大利亚海洋科学研究所（AIMS）实施的物理海洋学采样工作。为搭建适配的采样阵列，研究所需的仪器设备由其他合作机构提供。