The regional ocean off southeast Brazil (20° S–28° S) is known as a current-eddy-upwelling
region. The proximity of the Brazil Current to the coast in the Cape São Tomé vicinities, as
well as of its quasi-stationary unstable meanders, suggests the possibility of background
eddy-induced upwelling. Such phenomenon can intensify the prevalent coastal upwelling
due to wind and topographic effects. In this paper, with the help of a numerical simulation,
we provide evidence that eddy-induced upwelling in the absence of wind is possible in this …