Salinity-induced mixed and barrier layers in the southwestern tropical Atlantic Ocean off the northeast of Brazil

Ocean Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-73

  Araujo, M ^a,e   Limongi, C ^a,e   Servain, J ^b,c,e   Silva, M ^a,e   Leite, F S ^a   Veleda, D ^a   Lentini, C A D ^d,e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c Fundacao Cearense de Meteorologia e Recursos Hidricos   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^e GOAT Grupo de Oceanografia Tropical   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EVAPORATION; HYDROGRAPHY; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; ISOTHERM; MIXED LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SALINITY; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TRADE WIND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); BRAZIL;

EID: 78951475289     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-7-63-2011     Document Type: Article

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