Note on the shelf break upwelling off the southeast coast of Brazil (lat. 26º30'S)

Note on the shelf break upwelling off the southeast coast of Brazil (lat. 26º30'S)

A western margin frontal zone is described, from measurements of temperature, salinity and currents, in a section taken with R/V "Prof. W. Besnard" in December 1980, crossing the shelf break border at latitude 26º30'S. The analyses of the sections showed consistently the occurrence of...

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Main Authors: Afrânio Rubens de Mesquita, João Batista de Assis Leite, Reyner Rizzo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1983-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Oceanography
Subjects:
Temperatura da água
Salinidade
Medição de correntes
Ressurgência costeira
Vórtices oceânicos
Zonas frontais
Frentes oceânicas
Advecção
Costasudeste-Brasil
N/0c."Prof. W. Besnard"
Paranaguá
Borda da plataforma
Water temperature
Salinity
Current measurement
Coastal upwelling
Oceanic eddies
Frontal zones
Oceanic fronts
Advection
Southeast coast-Brazil
R/V "Prof. W. Besnard"
Continental shelf break
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