Major Boundary Currents and Inter-basin Flows How will the key
science questions be addressed? East Australian Current system -
- Will the EAC strengthen with climate change as predicted? -
Will the North Queensland Current weaken with climate change as
predicted? - Will the bifurcation point and/or dynamics alter in
a warmer ocean? The same data streams required to detect
interannual variability in the EAC and bifurcation dynamics of
the South Equatorial Current in the Coral Sea will inform models
forecasting future changes in basin flows over multi-decadal
time scales. Without additional observations in the Gulf of
Papua, the hydrodynamic model being developed for Queensland
will be the richest source of information contributing to global
understanding of heat transport from the South Equatorial
Current to the New Guinea Coastal Undercurrent via the Hiri
Current. In the future, it is reasonable to expect even more
effort from the international community to gate the north-
eastern boundary of the Coral Sea wi