A map showing down-welling eddy frequency in Solomon Islands EEZ. The map was created by MACBIO as resource for the bioregions workshop in Feb 2018. Data is based on Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS).
Solomon Islands Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology
To provide an enabling environment for the socio-economic development of the Solomon Islands through the application of necessary safeguards with regard to:sustainable use of natural resources, the provision of meteorological services, reducing the risk and impact of climate change and other hazards to communities, leading and managing disaster preparedness and their consequences. The MECDM has 4 Divisions and 1 Office which include: Climate Change Division (CCD), Corporate Services Division, Environment & Conservation Division (ECD), Meteorological Services Division, National Disaster Management Office (NDMO)
Eddies are circular shaped or elongated rotating vortices of the sea surface, 300 - 500km wide. They are the oceanic analogy to storms in the atmosphere, and are clearly seen in maps of sea surface anomaly from altimeters. Positive anomaly features indicate the presence of anticyclonic eddies where the sea surface is doming upwards and causing downwelling. For downwelling features, strength and persistence are key determinants of increased primary productivity and thus aggregations of bioty.
Solomon Islands Downwelling Eddy Frequency
Map of Upwelling Eddy Frequency within Solomon Islands EEZ. Eddies are circular-shaped or elongated rotating vortices of the surface of the sea. 50 - 300 km wide. They are the oceanic analogy to storms in the atmosphere. For upwelling features, strength and persistence are key determinants of increased primary productivity and thus aggregations of biota.
Solomon Islands Upwelling Eddy Frequency
Ocean mesoscale eddies account for a major portion of the ocean kinetic energy and exert profound impacts on large-scale ocean circulations. Satellite altimeter observation provide a unique opportunity to examine the mesoscale oceanic processes and their associations with the large-scale oceanic circulations and the climate.