Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-180). / Capitalising on the vast knowledge gained in the tropical Pacific, tropical Atlantic variability is viewed from an energetics perspective and contrasted against the Pacific at both seasonal and inter-annual timescales. The character of remotely forced thermocline depth variability is evaluated using available potential energy which succinctly quantifies the response of the upper equatorial ocean to large scale wind forcing. To facilitate the Atlantic-Pacific comparison, available potential energy values are derived from the temperature and salinity fields of two global ocean models.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uct/oai:localhost:11427/10262 |
| Date | January 2010 |
| Creators | Burls, Natalie |
| Contributors | Reason, Chris, Penven, Pierrick |
| Publisher | University of Cape Town, Faculty of Science, Department of Oceanography |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Doctoral Thesis, Doctoral, PhD |
| Format | application/pdf |
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