Generation and maintenance of recirculations by Gulf Stream instabilities

Generation and maintenance of recirculations by Gulf Stream instabilities

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Joint Program in Physical Oceanography (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences; and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), February 1999.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beliakova, Natalia Yurievna, 1967-
Other Authors: Glenn R. Flierl.For strong bottom friction, the 2-layer model has only the mechanism of barotropic instability which reduces it to a 1-layer configuration; the model displays two dynamical regimes and strong low frequency variability in the upper layer, while the lower layer is strongly frictional.
Format: Thesis
Language:eng
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2010
Subjects:
Joint Program in Physical Oceanography.
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/58539

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