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Adjusting the lenses in the ocean

Gabriela S. Pilo

3 October, 2025

Whenever we see data from a SWOT pass over our usual maps of sea surface height (SSH), we feel like we are adjusting our lenses to have a clearer view of the ocean. Our traditional SSH maps, built by...

An eddy & float combo in the Great Australian Bight

Gabriela S. Pilo

1 September, 2025

An Argo float (WMO ID 3902460) has been trapped in an anticyclonic eddy propagating through the Great Australian Bight for over one year to date (Figure 1). The float was first entrained by the eddy...

Cryptic upwelling off Western Australia

Ming Feng, Toan Bui, Chari Pattiaratchi

31 May, 2025

Earlier this year, the National Mooring Network team has successfully retrieved the data from the instruments in the mooring array off Western Australia (WA).  An exceptional subsurface cooling event...