A parametric model for the Brazil Current meanders and eddies off southeastern Brazil

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Calado, Leandro ^a   Gangopadhyay, Avijit ^b   da Silveira, Ilson C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; EDDY CURRENTS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE WATERS;

EDDY-MEANDERING ACTIVITY; GEOSTROPHIC VELOCITY; WATER-MASS COMPOSITION;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; EDDY; FORECASTING METHOD; MEANDER; MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SALINITY; UPWELLING; VELOCITY;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33750611923     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026092     Document Type: Article

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