Browsing by Subject "Ocean currents"

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    • Anticyclonic rings and the energetics of the circulation of the Gulf of Mexico 
      Elliott, Brady Allen (Texas A&M University. Libraries, )
      The question addressed in this dissertation is what is the primary energy source for the anticyclonic gyre found in the western Gulf of Mexico. Two energy sources are considered: the Loop Current through the mechanism of ...
    • Eddy diffusion in the Antarctic intermediate water 
      Kirwan, Albert Dennis (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1964)
      In this paper the use of an eddy diffusivity tensor in the conservation of salt equation is investigated from two points of view. First it is found that the order of tensor assumed specifies the amount of information that ...
    • The effect of wave-current interactions on the hydrodynamic loading of large offshore structures 
      Watanabe, Ronald Ke (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1982)
      The influence of wave-current interactions on the fluid loading of large offshore structures has been investigated by extending the conventional diffraction theory approach to include the changes in the incident and scattered ...
    • Effects of shoaling bottom topography on the dynamics of Gulf Stream cyclonic rings 
      Haustein, James Rolan (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1981)
      A two-layer, rigid-lid model of a Boussinesq, quasi-geostrophic ocean, based on the vertically-integrated equations of motion, is used on a (beta)-plane to study the processes involved as an initially-Gaussian cyclonic ...
    • Flow over a shelf-submarine canyon system : a numerical study 
      Howard, Matthew Kendall (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1992)
      The baroclinic response due to forcing by a narrow current of a coastal ocean overlying a shelf with a submarine canyon was examined using a 1.5-layer enstrophy-conserving numerical model. Three canyon shapes were employed: ...
    • Mesoscale thermal structure of the polar front zone in Drake Passage during the austral summer of 1976 
      Patterson, Steven Leroy (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1978)
      The boundary between the Subantarctic and Antarctic surface waters within the Southern Ocean is known as the Polar Front. This front lies within a complex transition region referred to as the Polar Front Zone (PFZ). The ...
    • On the nearshore hydrography of the upper Texas coast 
      Lewis, James Kenneth (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1982)
      Analyses of nearshore current, wind, and hydrographic data collected along the upper Texas coast are presented. Results show that hydrographic variations due to advection have a pronounced effect on the overall hydrography ...
    • On the variability of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current 
      Peterson, Ray George (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1987)
      A time series of net transport during 1979 of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current through the upper 2500 m of Drake Passage was obtained as part of the International Southern Ocean Studies by Whitworth (1983), and was presented ...
    • Theoretical and observational study of Langmuir circulation 
      Carnes, Michael Ryan (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1981)
      Craik (1977) showed from the theory developed by Leibovich (1977) that cellular roll motion similar to that found in Langmuir cells can develop as an instability due to the interaction of surface waves and currents. Solutions ...
    • Vertical structure of the low-frequency currents at Drake Passage 
      Inoue, Masamich (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1982)
      Recently collected hydrographic data show that each of the four water mass zones previously identified in Drake Passage is characterized by a distinctly different vertical profile of Brunt-Vaisala frequency. Stratification ...
    • Water mass properties used as flow indicators within the eastern Caribbean Sea during the winter of 1972 and fall of 1973 
      Morrison, John Miller (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1977)
      Quasi-synoptic descriptions of the circulation and water mass distributions within the eastern Caribbean Sea are presented for the fall of 1973 and winter of 1972. Characteristics and dynamics on vertical sections within ...
    • Zonation and geostrophic flow in Drake Passage 
      Whitworth, Thomas (Texas A&M University. Libraries, )
      The Antarctic Circumpolar Current in Drake Passage comprises four regimes which are characterized by distinct temperature-salinity relationships in the near-surface waters and by different depths of common temperature-salinity ...