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Welcome to a special service of the latest satellite sea surface temperature images for the Sydney to Southport yacht race region. Dr George Cresswell, who outlines ocean conditions at skipper briefings each race eve, has perhaps the most comprehensive scientific knowledge of the East Australian Current - an interpretation of sea surface temperatures that can help a skipper avoid one south-curling eddy or ride the northward flow of another. Images are obtained from satellites. The heat from the earth and oceans can be detected by satellite and processed to yield sea surface temperatures, indicating the general southward movement of tropical water. This site includes satellite sea surface temperature images for the 1997, 1998 and 1999 2000 events. Satellite sea surface temperature images With assistance from CSIRO's Remote Sensing Unit, based in Hobart, regular satellites images are being uploaded to this site until the conclusion of the race. Ocean conditions are also of broader interest to industry and authorities concerned with maritime safety, environmental protection, shipping and navigation, commercial fishing and sportsfishing, and defence. Ocean mapping of Australia's Exclusive Economic Zone to meet business, industry and defence needs begins in 1997. |
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For more information contact Glenelg Smith |
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