Ocean-atmosphere in situ observations at the Brazil-Malvinas Confluence region

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Pezzi, Luciano P ^a   Souza, R B ^a   Dourado, M S ^a   Garcia, C A E ^b   Mata, M M ^b   Silva Dias, M A F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COASTAL ZONES; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; THERMAL GRADIENTS; WIND EFFECTS;

OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS; OCEANIC BOUNDARY LAYER (OBL); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CONFLUENCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

EID: 30744459857     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023866     Document Type: Article

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