Ecosystem responses to biogeochemical fronts in the South Brazil Bight

FP Brandini, PM Tura, PPGM Santos - Progress in Oceanography, 2018 - Elsevier
Here we described the general hydrography in the South Brazil Bight (23–28° S) with
emphasis on frontal processes and their role in the structure and functioning of the regional …

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
Temporally-growing frontal meandering and occasional eddy-shedding is observed in the
Brazil Current (BC) as it flows adjacent to the Brazilian Coast. No study of the dynamics of …

Uma revisão dos processos de interação oceano-atmosfera em regiões de intenso gradiente termal do oceano atlântico sul baseada em dados observacionais

LP Pezzi, RB Souza, MFL Quadro - Revista Brasileira de …, 2016 - SciELO Brasil
De um modo geral, a interação do oceano com a atmosfera em regiões de intensa atividade
da mesoescala oceânica (frentes oceanográficas, meandros e turbilhões de escalas …

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 …

Solenosmilia variabilis-bearing cold-water coral mounds off Brazil

J Raddatz, J Titschack, N Frank, A Freiwald, A Conforti… - Coral Reefs, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Cold-water corals (CWC), dominantly Desmophyllum pertusum (previously
Lophelia pertusa), and their mounds have been in the focus of marine research during the …

Oceanographic conditions of the continental slope and deep waters in Santos Basin: the SANSED cruise (winter 2019)

ICA Silveira, PS Bernardo, CZ Lazaneo… - Ocean and Coastal …, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
This work describes the circulation over the continental slope and the São Paulo Plateau in
the Santos Basin during the SANSED winter 2019 survey. The cruise consisted of four legs …

Can the surface quasi‐geostrophic (SQG) theory explain upper ocean dynamics in the South Atlantic?

M Miracca‐Lage, C González‐Haro… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Satellite altimeters provide quasi‐global measurements of sea surface height, and from
those the vertically integrated geostrophic velocity can be directly estimated, but not its …

Modeling the larvae dispersion of sun coral in the Brazil current off Cape Frio: A cyclonic eddy scenario

L Calado, B Cosenza, F Moraes, D Mizrahi, FC Xavier… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The study aims to understand the dispersal patterns of non-indigenous Tubastraea spp.(Sun
Coral) larvae in the Brazil Current (BC), specifically in the Cape Frio recurrent cyclonic eddy …

Deep pockmarks as natural sediment traps: a case study from southern Santos Basin (SW Atlantic upper slope)

RB Ramos, RF dos Santos, U Schattner… - Geo-Marine Letters, 2020 - Springer
This study examines the role of deep pockmarks in acting as natural sediment traps.
Multibeam bathymetry, single-channel seismic and sediment samples data were used for …

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 …