
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Baines, PG 
A1  - Murray, DL 
T1  - Topographic influence on the pattern of flow through Bass Strait
JF  - Marine and Freshwater Research
JO  - Mar. Freshwater Res.
Y1  - 1995
VL  - 46
IS  - 4
SP  - 763
EP  - 767
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/MF9950763 
N2  - A laboratory simulation of the flow through Bass Strait has been made with the aid of a physical model of the topography, situated in a tank on a rotating turntable. The throughflow was driven by a continuous supply of homogeneous water to the western end that was uniform with latitude. The effect of the depth variations within the strait were realistically represented and had a controlling influence on the flow pattern. In particular, the uniform inflow from the west was directed towards the south-eastern region, guided along contours of constant depth around the central depression by approximate conservation of potential vorticity. West of Flinders Island, the flow then splits into a northward branch that flows toward the Victorian coast and leaves the strait near Gabo Island and a southern branch that leaves through Banks Strait. This modelled flow pattern is generally consistent with the outflows inferred from observed temperature and salinity fields. 
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