A method is described for determining the absolute dynamic topography of the sea surface. Using hydrographic and wind data obtained in 1963, the surface topography and the horizontal and vertical mass transports off the southeast Arabian coast during the summer monsoon are calculated. As indicated by the calculations, upwelling occurs throughout a region extending at least 400 km offshore and paralleling the Arabian coast for over 1000 km. Upwelling is most intense in a narrow band adjacent to the coast. Because of the great breadth of the upwelling zone, the upwelled water is supplied from levels considerably deeper than those observed elsewhere in coastal upwelling areas. / Graduation date: 1969

A cruise of the R/V Yaquina off Oregon during June and July of 1968 provided data for a study of the relationships of hydrographic and chemical parameters to estimates of biological activity. The emphasis was on carbon and nitrogen reservoirs. Phytoplankton pigments, nitrogen and C/N ratio were used along with AOU and the nitrate content of the water to estimate the distribution of phytoplankton production. Sigma-t, AOU, and nitrate were used to define the hydrographic and chemical conditions. Upwelling was the major source of nitrate for the surface waters, and, consequently, phytoplankton production was most intense where upwelling was active. The Columbia River plume appeared to support a sizeable amount of phytoplankton production just south of the river mouth. Particulate nitrogen increased and particulate C/N ratio decreased as the water became more biologically productive. Chlorophyll, particulate nitrogen, and C/N ratio showed the effects of upwelling and the Columbia River plume on biological production. A subsurface negative AOU core was clearly defined in areal extent and intensity. Its occurrence was explained by inshore phytoplankton production, oxygen exchange with the atmosphere, and possible in situ phytoplankton production. / Graduation date: 1970

Thesis (M.S. in Physical Oceanography)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2004. / Thesis advisor(s): Jeffrey Paduan. Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-82). Also available online.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2003. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 160-170).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of New South Wales, 2000. / Also available online.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 1998. / "February 1998." "Doctoral dissertation." Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-198).

Thesis (M.S.)--Oregon State University, 2001. / Typescript (photocopy). Includes bibliographical references (leaves 62-66). Also available online.

Thesis (M.S.)--Oregon State University, 2010. / Printout. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 38-41). Also available on the World Wide Web.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1999. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. [156]-164).

Thesis (M.S.)--Florida State University. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 108).