Theoretical studies of the circulation of the Subarctic Pacific Region and the generation of Kelvin type waves by atmospheric distrubances

• Main Author: Thomson, Richard Edward
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of British Columbia 1971
• Subjects: Ocean currents > Pacific Ocean; Curl; Pacific; Subarctic; Aleutian Islands
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/33967

Theoretical studies of two problems concerned with the surface forced, large-scale motions in bounded oceanic regions are presented. In Part I, such motions are considered for a particular area of the North Pacific Ocean known as the Subarctic Pacific Region. Discussion is based on the assumption th...