A NUMERICAL STUDY OF THE PLATA RIVER PLUME ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH AMERICAN CONTINENTAL SHELF

Brazilian Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 129-146

  Pimenta, Felipe M ^a   Campos, Edmo José Dias ^a   Miller, Jerry L ^b   Piola, Alberto R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Buoyancy Plume; Eastern South America Continental Shelf; Princeton Ocean Model; Rio de la Plata; South Brazil Bight; South Brazilian Shelf

Indexed keywords

EID: 46149099426     PISSN: 16798759     EISSN: 1982436X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1679-87592005000200004     Document Type: Article

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