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| Rodrigues, Regina R.; Wimbush, Mark; Watts, D. Randolph; Rothstein, Lewis M.; Ollitrault, Michel. |
| Mean total (barotropic + baroclinie) mass transports of the oceanic top 1000 dbar are estimated for two regions of the South Atlantic between 18 degrees S and 47 degrees S. These transports are obtained by using Gravest Empirical Mode (GEM) fields calculated from historical hydrography with temperature and position data from quasi-isobaric subsurface floats deployed from 1992 through 2001. The float-GEM-estimated total mass transports reveal a Brazil Current with a southward flow of 20.9 Sv at 30 degrees S and 46 Sv at 35 degrees S (1 Sverdrup, Sv = 10(6) m(3) s(-1)). Two recirculation cells are identified in the southwest corner of the subtropical gyre north of 40 degrees S, one centered at 48 degrees W, 37 degrees S recirculating 28.5 Sv and another... |
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| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00043/15391/12816.pdf |
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