Statistics of Brazil current rings observed from AVHRR: 1993 to 1998

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 58-1-58-4

  Lentini, Carlos A D ^a   Olson, Donald B ^a   Podestá, Guillermo P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; STORMS; TRAJECTORIES;

CURRENT RINGS;

GEOPHYSICS;

AVHRR; EDDY; NOAA SATELLITE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; WARM WATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL CURRENT;

EID: 0037104944     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015221     Document Type: Article

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