Time variations in the spatial scales and intensities of ocean circulation in the vicinity of the Cape of Good Hope
Abstract
A spatial structure function analysis has been carried out on the physical oceanologic data collected during a series of regular monthly cruises from 1962 to 1967 in the vicinity of the Cape of Good Hope. The distribution of energy on the spatial spectrum shows that during most months there is a predilection for all disturbances to be smaller than 150 km. The area is subject to large variations in energy, but these variations involve the whole measured spectrum showing no preference for any specific spatial scales. No significant periodicity in the monthly energy variations is found.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v29i4.11369 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 375 - 381
Submitted on: Aug 4, 1975
Accepted on: Aug 24, 1976
Published on: Jan 1, 1977
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1977 J. R. E. Lutjeharms, published by Stockholm University Press
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