UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

A Satellite Study of the Biological Significance of

Eddies in the Drake Passage and Western Scotia Sea

A thesis submitted in partial satisfaction of the

requirements for the degree Master of Science

in Oceanography

by

Xi Chen

Committee in charge:

B. Gregory Mitchell, Chair

Robert Pinkel

David Sandwell

Dariusz Stramski

1999

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