Lagrangian observations in the Intermediate Western Boundary Current of the South Atlantic

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 85, Issue , 2013, Pages 109-126

  Legeais, Jean François ^a,b   Ollitrault, Michel ^a   Arhan, Michel ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b SpaceOceanography Division ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Brazil basin; Intermediate water; Western boundary current

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE VELOCITY; BOUNDARY FLOWS; BRAZIL BASIN; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; COUNTER CURRENT; CURRENT INCREASE; FLOAT MEASUREMENTS; INTERMEDIATE WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; IRREGULAR TOPOGRAPHY; LAGRANGIAN OBSERVATIONS; MESOSCALE VARIABILITY; SOUTH ATLANTIC; SUBTROPICAL GYRE; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS; ZONAL JETS;

TOPOGRAPHY;

FLOW PATTERN; FLOW VELOCITY; GYRE; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MESOSCALE MOTION; SUBSURFACE FLOW; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WAVE VELOCITY; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); BRAZIL BASIN;

EID: 84873449189     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.07.028     Document Type: Article

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