Numerical simulation of M2 internal tides in the South Brazil Bight and their interaction with the Brazil Current

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Pereira, A F ^a   Castro, B M ^a   Calado, L ^a   da Silveira, I C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; JETS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OCEAN CURRENTS; TIDES; VORTICITY;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; INTERNAL TIDE; JET; SHELF BREAK; SIMULATION; SLOPE; STRATIFICATION; SUMMER; TIDAL CURRENT; VORTICITY; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL CURRENT;

EID: 34250770511     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003673     Document Type: Article

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