Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 81-83).

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1970. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1970. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Bibliography: pages 191-202. / The surface heat balance of the Benguela upwelling area on the west coast of southern Africa is analysed. Measurements of the components of the heat balance were made in the St Helena Bay area from 14-21 October 1986. Additional long-term data was obtained from Alexander Bay and Cape Town. An average net heat gain of 227 W.m⁻² was received over the eight days of the field study. The presence of cold water determined that latent heat loss by the sea surface was small, while the sensible heat flux represented a small gain by the sea. These two turbulent heat fluxes are roughly equal and opposite and therefore approximately cancel each other. Use of a model, assuming idealised conditions, indicated that most turbulent heat exchange between the air and takes place in the nearshore region where air-sea contrasts are greatest. The net radiation was found to provide a good estimate of the total heat balance, thus the major contributing term to a high heat balance over the Benguela area is the input solar radiation. Minimal synoptic variation in the heat balance during the eight-day field programme was observed, but additional global radiation data analysed revealed that synoptic variations over the 3-6 day period are in fact more significant than the longer term seasonal variations. Both synoptic and seasonal variations in the heat balance are greater in the south than in the north. The high heat flux into the sea surface is capable of increasing the temperature of the upwelled water at a fairly rapid rate. During summer the heat exchange is capable of increasing the temperature of the upper 10 m mixed layer by as much as 0.65°C over one day. This input heat is used to realise the high biological potential of the upwelled waters.

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Knowledge of the surface heat transfer in coastal inlets would permit studies of their thermal structure and circulation. An assessment is made of data available for calculating the surface heat transfer for the coastal regions of British Columbia and S.E. Alaska. Monthly means of meteorological and oceanographic observations for the years 1961 and 1963 are critically examined for their representativness of conditions that exist over the open water. The location of the observation point is found to be important in choosing values for dew point and wind speed. Formulae for calculating surface heat transfer are examined for their potential applicability to a coastal climate. The calculated net annual surface heat transfer is found to be highest in the southern regions, approximately 90 langleys/day in the Strait of Georgia, and to decrease for more northerly regions, to an approximate balance with no net input in northern Chatham Strait. The annual cycle is found to be strongly modified by fine structure, the radiation balance dominating in summer, the convective losses in winter. Comparison of the calculated surface heat transfer with heat storage indicates that the calculations may be accurate to within 20% of the peak values. The range and shape of the surface temperature cycle was found to reflect the influence of advection, and deep water temperature, as well as the surface heat transfer. / Science, Faculty of / Physics and Astronomy, Department of / Graduate

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 1981. / Supervised by Richard P. Von Herzen and John G. Sclater. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

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Thesis (D. Sc.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1980. / Vita. Grants: OCE 75-14056, OCE 76-82036 and OCE 77-28355." Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-325).