The large-scale ocean circulation in the western region of the South Atlantic based on the OCCAM global circulation model;A circulação oceânica de larga-escala na região oeste do Atlântico Sul com base no modelo de circulação global occam

Revista Brasileira de Geofisica

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 209-230

  Cirano, Mauro ^a   Mata, Mauricio M ^b   Campos, Edmo J D ^c   Deiró, Núbia F R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antarctic intermediate water; NODC; North atlantic deep water; OCCAM; Ocean circulation model; South atlantic; South atlantic central water; Termohaline fields; Tropical water

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC INTERMEDIATE WATER; CIRCULATION MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GYRE; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 36749073426     PISSN: 0102261X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-261x2006000200005     Document Type: Article

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