Generation of annual period Rossby waves in the South Atlantic Ocean by the wind stress curl

• Main Author: Reason, Christopher James Charles
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of British Columbia 1986
• Subjects: Curl; Indian; Pacific; Schopf; North Atlantic; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/26030

A theoretical study is presented of generation of first mode annual period baroclinic Rossby waves by the observed wind stress curl in the South Atlantic and South West Indian Oceans. The forcing wind field for the area 15 S to 51 S, 45 W to 41 E was obtained from an harmonic analysis at the annual...