The physics of New Zealand's shelf seas: introduction to the special issue.

Physical oceanography of New Zealand/Aotearoa shelf seas - a review. Keywords: Oceanography; shelf seas; climate change; open data; continental shelf EN Oceanography shelf seas climate change open data continental shelf 1 5 5 02/20/21 20210301 NES 210301 Aotearoa New Zealand is a marine nation. The motivation for this special issue on New Zealand's Shelf Seas emerged from the 2017 Physical Oceanography Workshop held in Wellington organised by Dr. Natalie Robinson of NIWA. At the meeting it was clear that there was a critical mass of mature regionally-specific research to form the basis of a special issue on physical oceanography of New Zealand's shelf seas. [Extracted from the article]