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  • The cross-equatorial structure of tropical instability waves in sea surface height

    Creator:
    Lyman, John M.
    Abstract:
    A linearized model with two vertical modes has been developed to understand observed characteristics of monthly variability in the Equatorial Pacific from TOPEX/POSEIDON measurements of Sea Surface Height (SSH). The 2-mode model is obtained from an equatorial beta plane model that has been linearized about a geostrophically balanced mean flow...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    .................................... 126 C Higher Order Projection Model ......................................... 128 D N2 Formulation

  • Surface wind modification near mid-latitude ocean fronts : observational and dynamical analysis

    Creator:
    O'Neill, Larry W.
    Abstract:
    Interactions between surface winds and meanders in mid-latitude sea surface temperature (SST) fronts with horizontal length scales of 100-1000 km are investigated from satellite observations and numerical simulations. Observations from the Sea- Winds scatterometer on the QuikSCAT satellite show that the magnitude, direction, curl, and divergence of the surface wind...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    . . . . . . . . . . 100 3.11 Time series of the coupling coefficients αC and αD . . . . . . . . . . . 101 3.12 First mode