Feature-oriented regional modeling and simulations (FORMS) for the western South Atlantic: Southeastern Brazil region

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 48-64

  Calado, L ^a,b   Gangopadhyay, A ^c   da Silveira, I C A ^b  

^a Instituto de Estudos do Mar Almirante Paulo Moreira IEAPM   (Brazil)

^b Departamento de Oceanografia Física   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil Current; Eddies; Feature models; Synoptic simulations; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

BRAZIL CURRENT; EDDIES; FEATURE MODELS; SYNOPTIC SIMULATIONS; UPWELLING;

COASTAL ZONES;

CIRCULATION MODELING; CURRENT MEANDERING; DATA ASSIMILATION; FORECASTING METHOD; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NOWCASTING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; UPWELLING; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); BRAZIL; GEORGES BANK; GULF OF MAINE; SOUTH AMERICA;

CITRUS MAXIMA;

EID: 51049100836     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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