Investigation of Brazil current rings in the confluence region

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Lentini, Carlos A D ^a   Goni, Gustavo J ^b   Olson, Donald B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; HEAT FLUX; OCEAN CURRENTS; ROTATIONAL FLOW; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VORTEX SHEDDING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTICYCLONE; CLIMATOLOGY; FIELD METHOD; HEAT FLUX; MONITORING; OCEANIC CURRENT; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SALINITY; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL CURRENT;

EID: 33751119555     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC002988     Document Type: Article

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