The Brazil Current mesoscale eddies: Altimetry-based characterization and tracking

I Uchoa, IT Simoes-Sousa, ICA da Silveira - Deep Sea Research Part I …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Brazil Current (BC) has been reported as eddy-dominated, with recurrent
formation of eddies and meanders along the margin. In this study, we characterize the …

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

ICA da Silveira, F Pereira, GR Flierl… - Progress in …, 2023 - Elsevier
The most conspicuous oceanographic features off Southeast Brazil are the quasi-stationary
eddies formed off Capes São Tomé (CSTE) and Frio (CFE) associated with the Brazil …

Vertical structure, energetics, and dynamics of the Brazil Current System at 22 S–28 S

CB Rocha, ICA da Silveira, BM Castro… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
We use four current meter moorings and quasi‐synoptic hydrographic observations in
conjunction with a one‐dimensional quasi‐geostrophic linear stability model to investigate …

Northward migration of Cape São Tomé rings, Brazil

GN Mill, VS da Costa, ND Lima, M Gabioux… - Continental Shelf …, 2015 - Elsevier
In the present work, nine years of altimetry data are analyzed in combination with sea
surface temperature and ocean color images in order to track Brazil Current eddies …

Lateral shift from turbidite-to contourite-dominated continental slope, a case study from southeast Brazil slope

U Schattner, CB Rocha, RB Ramos, N Shtober-Zisu… - Geomorphology, 2024 - Elsevier
New bathymetric and subsurface data from the Santos Basin, offshore southeast Brazil,
reveal sharp lateral morphological variations facing the margin-parallel (along-margin) flow …

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
Subsurface float measurements at 800m depth carried out from 1994 to 2003 in the Brazil
Basin are used to characterise the equatorward Intermediate Western Boundary Current …

Energetics of eddy‐mean flow interactions in the B razil current between 20° S and 36° S

FC Magalhães, JLL Azevedo… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The energetics of eddy‐mean flow interactions in the Brazil Current (BC) between 20° S and
36° S are investigated in 19 transects perpendicular to the 200 m isobath. Ten years (2000 …

[HTML][HTML] Control of oceanic circulation on sediment distribution in the southwestern Atlantic margin (23 to 55 S)

M Michaelovitch de Mahiques, R Violante… - Ocean …, 2021 - os.copernicus.org
In this study, we interpret the role played by ocean circulation in sediment distribution on the
southwestern Atlantic margin using radiogenic Nd and Pb isotopes. The latitudinal trends for …

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

VS Costa, GN Mill, M Gabioux… - Deep Sea Research …, 2017 - Elsevier
Lagrangian floats and current meter measurements from two moored arrays are analyzed, in
combination with altimetry data, in order to investigate the recirculation of Antarctic …

The impact of ocean data assimilation on the simulation of mesoscale eddies at São Paulo plateau (Brazil) using the regional ocean modeling system

TP de Paula, JAM Lima, CAS Tanajura, M Andrioni… - Ocean Modelling, 2021 - Elsevier
This work presents simulations of ocean circulation in the southwestern South Atlantic
Ocean with emphasis on the São Paulo Plateau region, a unique physiographic feature at …