Extreme tidal forcing of a topographically complex coastal region: the Kimberley, Western Australia

该项目将导致我们对西澳大利亚金伯利卡姆登海峡地区海洋环流的理解取得重大进展。结合现场和实验室观测，再加上数值模拟，将首次阐明一系列岛屿，珊瑚礁和岬角的环流和混合沿着这一海岸的影响。这将最终提供洞察其他类似的系统与复杂的沿海地形，如大堡礁，并提供框架工作，以了解各种物理过程，驱动该地区的海洋生态。

This project will lead to significant advances in our understanding of the ocean circulation of the Camden Sound region of the Kimberley, Western Australia. The combination of field and laboratory observations, coupled with numerical modelling will, for the first time, elucidate the influence of the series of islands, reefs and headlands on the circulation and mixing along this coast. This will ultimately provide insight into other similar systems with complex coastal topography, such as the Great Barrier Reef, and provide the frame work to understand the various physical processes that drive the marine ecology of the region.