On the baroclinic structure of the Brazil Current-Intermediate Western Boundary Current system at 22°-3°S

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 14, 2004, Pages

  da Silveira, I C A ^a   Calado, L ^a   Castro, B M ^a   Cirano, M ^b   Lima, J A M ^c   Mascarenhas, A d S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

BRAZIL CURRENT (BC); PRINCETON OCEAN MODEL;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; BOUNDARY CURRENT; FLOW VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EID: 4644359528     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020036     Document Type: Article

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