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The role of ocean dynamics within tropical Atlantic climate variability
Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-180).
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Department of Oceanography
2014
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| author | Burls, Natalie |
| author2 | Reason, Chris |
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| description | Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-180). |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10262 The role of ocean dynamics within tropical Atlantic climate variability Burls, Natalie Reason, Chris Penven, Pierrick Oceanography 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. 2014-12-27T14:17:09Z 2014-12-27T14:17:09Z 2010 Doctoral Thesis Doctoral PhD http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10262 eng application/pdf Department of Oceanography Faculty of Science University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Oceanography Burls, Natalie The role of ocean dynamics within tropical Atlantic climate variability |
| thesis_degree_str | Doctoral |
| title | The role of ocean dynamics within tropical Atlantic climate variability |
| title_full | The role of ocean dynamics within tropical Atlantic climate variability |
| title_fullStr | The role of ocean dynamics within tropical Atlantic climate variability |
| title_full_unstemmed | The role of ocean dynamics within tropical Atlantic climate variability |
| title_short | The role of ocean dynamics within tropical Atlantic climate variability |
| title_sort | role of ocean dynamics within tropical atlantic climate variability |
| topic | Oceanography |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10262 |
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