Department of the Environment and Heritage and CSIRO, 2005.

About the fact sheets

The pelagic fact sheets describe and summarise key properties of water masses in Australia’s oceans. Water masses are divided into those that are visible at the sea surface, and those that do not reach the sea surface.

Fact sheets about surface water masses contain a map of the extent of the water mass at the sea surface and maps of substructure of the water mass, plus information about its physical properties.

Fact sheets about sub-surface water masses contain a map of the extent of the water mass plotted at its average depth, plus key data about physical properties of the water mass.

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• Water Mass 1 Southern Sub-Antarctic Front
• Water Mass 2
• Water Mass 3
• Water Mass 4
• Water Mass 5
• Water Mass 6
• Water Mass 7
• Water Mass 8
• Water Mass 9 Sub-Antarctic Front
• Water Mass 10 Southern Sub-Tropical Convergence
• Water Mass 11 Central Sub-Tropical Convergence
• Water Mass 12 Northern Sub-Tropical Convergence
• Water Mass I13 Indian Central Region: Indian Central Core Water Mass
• Water Mass P13 Coral Sea Circulation: Pacific Central-South Sub-Tropical Water Mass
• Water Mass 14
• Water Mass 15
• Water Mass 16
• Water Mass I17 Indian Transition: Indian Central Tropical Transition Water Mass
• Water Mass P17 Coral Sea: Pacific North-West Tropical Warm Pool
• Water Mass 18
• Water Mass 19
• Water Mass I20 Indonesian Throughflow: Indian North-East Equatorial Water Mass
• Water Mass 21
• Water Mass 22
• Water Mass 23
• Water Mass 24
• Water Mass 25