Gulf Stream transport and pathway variability: the importance of air-sea fluxes

• Main Author: Jacobs, Zoe, Louisa
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Southampton 2018
• Subjects: Curl; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/424749/; https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/424749/1/Jacobs_Zoe_PhD_June_2018.pdf

Understanding the various mechanisms that control path and transport variability of the Gulf Stream (GS) is important due to its major role in the global redistri- bution of heat. This work provides evidence that localised surface heat fluxes can induce changes in the path and strength of the GS. In...