Multiyear measurements of the oceanic and atmospheric boundary layers at the Brazil-Malvinas confluence region

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 19, 2009, Pages

  Pezzi, Luciano Ponzi ^a   De Souza, Ronald Buss ^a   Acevedo, Otávio ^b   Wainer, Ilana ^c   Mata, Mauricio M ^d   Garcia, Carlos A E ^d   De Camargo, Ricardo ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COASTAL ZONES; OCEAN CURRENTS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS; THERMAL GRADIENTS; TROPOSPHERE; WIND EFFECTS;

AIR-SEA COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYERS; ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; BRAZIL CURRENT; BRAZIL-MALVINAS CONFLUENCE; LATERAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; MARINE ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; MULTI-YEAR MEASUREMENTS; OCEANIC BOUNDARY LAYERS; PRESSURE INTENSIFICATION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; SEA SURFACES; SOUTHWESTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN; STATIC INSTABILITY; STATIC STABILITY; SURFACE CONDITIONS; THERMAL ADVECTION; VERTICAL MIXING; VERTICAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; WARM WATER; WORLD OCEAN;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONFLUENCE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMAL CONVECTION; WARM FRONT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

EID: 72149089892     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008jd011379     Document Type: Article

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