Determination of circulation and short period fluctuation in Ilha Grande Bay (RJ), Brazil

A mesosoale study was made of the Ilha Grande area. The local circulation described through -progressive vector diagrams showed a clochwise bottom circulation determined in June 1976, while in the upper 10 m the direction of the flow entering the Ilha Grande Bay was towards the center in the west an...

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Main Authors: Yoshimine Ikeda, Merritt Stevenson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1980-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Oceanography
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-87591980000100007