Eastern Boundary Currents

In the flat-bottomed open ocean, the seawater density distribution yields alone the existence of geostrophic baroclinic currents and steric sea-level spatial changes. However, at basin margins, the bathymetry exerts a considerable control on both …

This thesis investigates the coastal sea-level changes driven by oceanic and atmospheric circulation, with a focus on three ocean basin boundaries in the northern hemisphere: the northeast Atlantic, the northwest Pacific and the northwest Atlantic. …