Eddy-induced upwelling off Cape São Tomé (22°S, Brazil)

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 30, Issue 10-11, 2010, Pages 1181-1188

  Calado, L ^a,b   da Silveira, I C A ^b   Gangopadhyay, A ^c   de Castro, B M ^b  

^a Marinha do Brasil   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil current; Coastal upwelling; Eddy; Feature model

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL CURRENT; EDDY; MEANDER; NUMERICAL MODEL; SIMULATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UPWELLING;

BRAZIL; CAPE SAO TOME; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL];

EID: 77953326078     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.03.007     Document Type: Article

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