A numerical study of the effects of bottom topography and coastline geometry on the Southeast Brazilian coastal upwelling

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 371-394

  Rodrigues, Regina R ^a   Lorenzzetti, João A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cabo Frio; Coastal upwelling; Numerical modeling; Shelf dynamics; Topographic effects; Wind driven circulation

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; COASTAL ZONE; GEOMETRY; NUMERICAL METHOD; UPWELLING;

BRAZIL; CONTINENTAL SHELF;

EID: 0035112342     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(00)00094-7     Document Type: Article

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