Circulation on the western South Atlantic continental shelf: 2. Spring and autumn realistic simulations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Soares, I D ^a,b   Kourafalou, V ^c   Lee, T N ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b Associacao ATLANTIS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; THERMAL PLUMES; WIND; WIND STRESS;

BUOYANCY FORCING; CONTINENTAL SHELF; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; RIVER PLUME; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; WIND STRESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); BRAZIL; LA PLATA BASIN; PATOS LAGOON; RIO GRANDE DO SUL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34250772336     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003620     Document Type: Article

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