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I would like to thank my supervisors Kelvin Richards, Chris German and
Greg Lane-Serff for their support and also Steve Thorpe for getting me
interested in processes of physical oceanography.

Financial support was provided by the British taxpayers (to whom I am
especially grateful) via the University of Southampton and an Oversea
Research Studentship, by the unwitting customers of Digicomp AG in
Switzerland, by UNESCO, and by a variety of my supervisors' grants.

My life during the last three years has been made enjoyable by my
friends in Southampton (especially Alan, Luca and Magali) and in Zurich
(especially JdB and Renato). Christof has provided me with tunes and
my parents have supported me in everything I have ever done. Most of
all I want to thank Silvia for being entirely unimpressed, amongst other
things.