The effect of salinity on density in the Leeuwin Current System

• Main Author: Huang, Ming-Jer
• Other Authors: Batteen, Mary L., Naval Postgraduate School, Physical Oceanography, Bourke, Robert H.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School 1996
• Subjects: Primitive equation model; Leeuwin Current System; salinity; density; dynamic height; eddies; currents; Ocean currents; Indian Ocean; Antarctic; Arlington; Indian; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10945/26513

Climatological temperature and salinity fields are used to calculate the salinity contribution to density and dynamic height fields in the Leeuwin Current System (LCS). While the temperature gradient is primarily linear, with warmest water to the north, the salinity fields are spatially inhomogenous...