Variability of the subtropical shelf front off eastern South America: Winter 2003 and summer 2004

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 28, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 1639-1648

  Piola, Alberto R ^a   Möller Jr , Osmar O ^b   Guerrero, Raúl A ^c   Campos, Edmo J D ^d  

^a Departamento de Oceanografía   (Argentina)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO PESQUERO INIDEP   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Seasonal variations; Shelf fronts; Southwest Atlantic; Water masses; Water mixing

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DENSITY FRONT; HYDROGRAPHY; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE; VERTICAL MIXING; WATER MASS; WINTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); BRAZIL CURRENT;

EID: 46349107962     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.03.013     Document Type: Article

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