Temporal, spatial and pulse instabilities of the Gulf Stream
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Gulf StreamDOI
10.1575/1912/5694Keyword
Ocean currentsAbstract
This thesis addresses the issue, "Which approach to instabilities-temporal,
spatial or pulse theory- is the most appropriate model for the Gulf Stream?" I also
address the question of how the observations might be compared to theory. This thesis
consists of two closely related parts: analytical studies that compare the three types
of instability using the same realistic velocity and topography profiles; and numerical
modeling that uses a continuous forcing function to examine the three types of theory
in the direct context of the Gulf Stream.
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Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution June 1996
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Thesis: Ni, Bingjian, "Temporal, spatial and pulse instabilities of the Gulf Stream", 1996-06, DOI:10.1575/1912/5694, https://hdl.handle.net/1912/5694Related items
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