High-resolution regional ocean dynamics simulation in the southwestern tropical Atlantic

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 256-269

  Silva, Marcus ^a   Araujo, Moacyr ^a   Servain, Jacques ^b   Penven, Pierrick ^b   Lentini, Carlos A D ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

PIRATA SWE moorings; ROMS; South equatorial current; Southwestern tropical Atlantic; Upper ocean

Indexed keywords

ARRAY SYSTEMS; AVERAGE VOLUME; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; CURRENT MEASUREMENTS; EDDY KINETIC ENERGY; HIGH RESOLUTION; HORIZONTAL GRID; IN-SITU DATA; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LONG-TERM VARIABILITY; MASS TRANSPORT; MESOSCALE; NEAR-SURFACE; NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OCEAN DYNAMICS; OCEAN MODEL; PIRATA-SWE MOORINGS; PRIMARY EVALUATION; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SOUTH EQUATORIAL CURRENT; SOUTH EQUATORIAL CURRENTS; SOUTHWESTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC; SURFACE MIXED LAYERS; THERMAL PROFILES; THERMAL STRUCTURE; TROPICAL ATLANTIC; UPPER OCEAN; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS; ZONAL WIND;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; MOORING; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TROPICS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIFURCATION; BOUNDARY CURRENT; CIRCULATION MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; EDDY; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; ISOTROPY; MIXED LAYER; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; THERMAL STRUCTURE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 70349420826     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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