Analysis of upwelling changes in the eastern equatorial Pacific during el ni?o southern oscillation
- Format
- MasterThesis
- Status
- publishedVersion
- Description
The ocean reanalysis Simple Ocean Data Assimilation (SODA) 2.2.4 is used to explore the changes in upwelling from normal conditions to either El Ni?o or La Ni?a conditions. Physical and thermodynamic variables from the reanalysis are used to explore the structure and behaviour of El Ni?o Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events. The results of this analysis show that sea surface temperature (SST), entrainment velocity, wind stress, mixed layer depth, wind curl, and heat content anomalies are in general agreement with ENSO theory. Interestingly, the distribution of upwelling based on the entrainment velocity is very patchy, which led us to explore zonal and meridional sections of vertical velocity.
- Publication Year
- 2011
- Language
- eng
- Topic
- EL NI?O SOUTHERN OSCILLATION
MECHANICAL BATHYTHERMOGRAPH
SEA LEVEL PRESSURE
WIND STRESS
- Repository
- Repositorio SENESCYT
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- openAccess