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Characteristics of wind fields and air-sea interactions over the upwelling region of the Somali coast
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 94-111).
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2014
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| author | Mafimbo, Ali J |
| author2 | Reason, Chris |
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| description | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 94-111). |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/6489 Characteristics of wind fields and air-sea interactions over the upwelling region of the Somali coast Mafimbo, Ali J Reason, Chris Oceanography Includes bibliographical references (leaves 94-111). The mesoscale structure of the low-level wind field associated with a strong upwelling event was investigated. During July 2005 when a strong upwelling event occurred, the Somali jet was found to have oscillated at lower frequency of 3-7 weeks than the normal bi-weekly mode observed in several studies and the mesoscale winds exhibited high covariability with the prevailing SSTs. Strong values of alongshore winds were deduced from late June to mid-July. These winds weakened significantly in the third and fourth week of July. A large off-shore pressure gradient due to differential thermal properties of land and sea was also observed. 2014-08-13T19:49:20Z 2014-08-13T19:49:20Z 2008 Master Thesis Masters MSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6489 eng application/pdf Department of Oceanography Faculty of Science University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Oceanography Mafimbo, Ali J Characteristics of wind fields and air-sea interactions over the upwelling region of the Somali coast |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Characteristics of wind fields and air-sea interactions over the upwelling region of the Somali coast |
| title_full | Characteristics of wind fields and air-sea interactions over the upwelling region of the Somali coast |
| title_fullStr | Characteristics of wind fields and air-sea interactions over the upwelling region of the Somali coast |
| title_full_unstemmed | Characteristics of wind fields and air-sea interactions over the upwelling region of the Somali coast |
| title_short | Characteristics of wind fields and air-sea interactions over the upwelling region of the Somali coast |
| title_sort | characteristics of wind fields and air sea interactions over the upwelling region of the somali coast |
| topic | Oceanography |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6489 |
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