Long-term analysis of the sea-state in the Great Australian Bight

Funded Activity Summary

The Australian Southern Bluefin Tuna Association (ASBTIA) operates in shelf and offshore waters of the Great Australian Bight (GAB). In recognition of the exposed nature of the offshore GAB environment, ASBTIA have requested information to better understand the climatology of the physical meteorological and oceanographic conditions which contribute to the ‘sea-state’ and ocean conditions at a deep water petroleum permit location in the Great Australian Bight.

This project will provide the oceanographic services required to identify, access and analyse long-time series of relevant met/ocean parameters and statistically describe their climatology in order to better understand the ‘sea state’ characteristics of the GAB and how they compare with sites located within other international oil production regions.


Objectives:
1. To understand the exposure and sea-state of the Great Australian Bight relative to three other regions of interest.
3. For each location and parameter (detailed in methods), provide a summary of monthly sea-state climatology described by the mean, variance, frequency and intensity.
3. For each location and parameter, determine of the probability of extreme events to occur at fixed return periods.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 07-08-2019

End Date: 22-10-2019

Funding Scheme: Funding Scheme not available

Funding Amount: $21,261.00

Funder: Fisheries Research and Development Corporation

Research Topics

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Other Keywords

Climate Change | Modelling | Oceanography | Oil And Gas | Social Licence

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