Interaction between coastal upwelling and local winds at Cabo Frio, Brazil: An observational study

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1590-1598

  Franchito, Sergio H ^a   Oda, Tania O ^b   Rao, V Brahmananda ^a   Kayano, Mary T ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COASTAL ENGINEERING; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC TELECONNECTIONS; BREEZE CIRCULATIONS; COASTAL UPWELLINGS; COLD WATERS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITIES; MODELING STUDIES; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES; SEA BREEZES; SEA TEMPERATURES; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; SOUTH ATLANTIC; SURFACE WINDS; TIME SERIES; TIME-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; UP-WELLING; ZONAL WINDS;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEA BREEZE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE WIND; TELECONNECTION; UPWELLING;

BRAZIL; CABO FRIO; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 57649213361     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAMC1660.1     Document Type: Article

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