A modelling study of coastal upwelling driven by wind and meanders of the Brazil Current

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 662-671

  Castelao, Renato M ^a,c   Campos, Edmo J D ^a   Miller, Jerry L ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d International Field Office   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brazil; Brazil Current; Coastal oceanography; Coastal upwelling; Cyclonic meander; Shelf dynamics; South Brazil Bight; Wind driven circulation

Indexed keywords

COASTAL CIRCULATION; COASTAL CURRENT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; SHELF BREAK; SHELF DYNAMICS; UPWELLING; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC COAST [BRAZIL]; ATLANTIC COAST [SOUTH AMERICA]; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 8744267448     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/1551-5036(2004)20[662:amsocu]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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