The effects of the alongshore wind stress on the top-to-bottom front along the Southern Brazilian coast: A two-dimensional modelling approach

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 23, Issue 14-15, 2003, Pages 1401-1424

  Ghisolfi, R David ^a,b   McKee, W D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cross shelf circulation; Southern brazilian coast; Top to bottom front; Two dimensional modelling

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; COASTAL CIRCULATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UPWELLING; WIND STRESS;

ATLANTIC COAST; BRAZIL;

EID: 0141906405     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(03)00104-3     Document Type: Article

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