Temporal, spatial and pulse instabilities of the Gulf Stream

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.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Year dc:date.issued

1996

Author dc:creator

• Ni, Bingjian

• Ocean currents

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

DOI

10.1575/1912/5694

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:darchive.mblwhoilibrary.org:1912/5694