Study of the velocity field of surface currents in the South Atlantic Ocean derived from drifting buoy data
A total of 1442 data series of 996 drifters from public and research databases were analyzed in order to decompose and to estimate the velocity field of surface currents between 30º S and 50º S in the South Atlantic Ocean, with emphasis on the South Atlantic Current (SAC). The SAC is the southernmos...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais em Bacias Hidrográficas (IPABHi)
2011-12-01
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Series: | Revista Ambiente & Água |
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Online Access: | http://www.ambi-agua.net/seer/index.php/ambi-agua/article/view/757 |