On the baroclinic structure of the Brazil CurrentIntermediate Western Boundary Current system at 22–23 S

ICA Da Silveira, L Calado, BM Castro… - Geophysical …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
… [2] The Brazil Current (BC) has been reported in the literature as a shallow, warm and
salty southward flowing Western Boundary Current (WBC) as it flows adjacent the Brazilian

A two-layer approximation to the Brazil CurrentIntermediate Western Boundary Current System between 20° S and 28° S

AM Fernandes, ICA da Silveira, L Calado… - Ocean Modelling, 2009 - Elsevier
baroclinic gyre in the lower layer due to geostrophic adjustment. As a result, a western boundary
current, … layer, and the entire vertical flow structure of the BC–IWBC System is mimicked. …

Is the meander growth in the Brazil Current system off Southeast Brazil due to baroclinic instability?

ICA Da Silveira, JAM Lima, ACK Schmidt… - … of Atmospheres and …, 2008 - Elsevier
… The vertical structure of the BC system between 20 S and 25 S presents a unique regime
in terms of a subtropical western boundary current. From the surface down to intermediate …

Can the intermediate Western Boundary Current recirculation trigger the Vitória eddy formation?

DC Napolitano, CB Rocha, ICA da Silveira… - Ocean Dynamics, 2021 - Springer
… found that the Intermediate Western Boundary Current (IWBC)… and R d is the baroclinic
deformation radius. Based on the … The Brazil Current (BC) is the subtropical western boundary

Lagrangian observations in the intermediate western boundary current of the South Atlantic

JF Legeais, M Ollitrault, M Arhan - Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical …, 2013 - Elsevier
… the Brazil Basin are used to characterise the equatorward Intermediate Western Boundary
Current … these features result from first baroclinic mode instabilities of the Brazil Current–IWBC …

On the role of turbulent mixing produced by vertical shear between the Brazil Current and the Intermediate Western Boundary Current

CZ Lazaneo, DC Napolitano… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
… made in the Brazil Current-Intermediate Western Boundary Current system, providing direct
… The flow structure measured in our section satisfies the baroclinic instability criterion, and in …

The Brazil Current quasi-stationary unstable meanders at 22° S–23° S

ICA da Silveira, F Pereira, GR Flierl… - Progress in …, 2023 - Elsevier
… almost pure baroclinic nature of the BC-IWBC jet. We also find that the … structure of water
masses and along-stream velocity of the Western Boundary Current System off Southeast Brazil

The recirculation of the intermediate western boundary current at the Tubarão Bight–Brazil

VS Costa, GN Mill, M Gabioux… - Deep Sea Research …, 2017 - Elsevier
baroclinic instability as a fundamental aspect in the energetics of the Brazil Current (BC)
– Intermediate Boundary Current system (… along the Deep Western Boundary Current (DWBC). …

On the baroclinic structure of the Brazil CurrentIntermediate Western Boundary Current system at 22–23 S

M Cirano, ICA da Silveira, BM Castro, JAM Lima… - 2004 - repositorio.ufba.br
… [2] The Brazil Current (BC) has been reported in the literature as a shallow, warm and
salty southward flowing Western Boundary Current (WBC) as it flows adjacent the Brazilian

[PDF][PDF] THE BAROCLINIC STRUCTURE OF THE BRAZIL CURRENT SYSTEM IN THE SÃO PAULO BIGHT

T Criterion - mtc-m16b.sid.inpe.br
… The Brazil Current system (BCS) is formed by two western boundary currents that flow
along the Southeast Brazilian … On the baroclinic structure of the Brazil Current Intermediate