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@Article{CamposIkCaGaLoSt:1996:ExStCi,
               author = "Campos, E. J. D. and Ikeda, Y. and Castro, B. M. and Gaeta, S. A. 
                         and Lorenzzetti, Joao Antonio and Stevenson, Merritt R.",
                title = "Experiment studies circulation in the western South Atlantic",
              journal = "EOS Transactions",
                 year = "1996",
               volume = "77",
               number = "27",
                pages = "253--259",
                month = "June",
             keywords = "OCEANOGRAFIA, oceanography, physical, currents, eddies and 
                         mesoscale processes, general circulation.",
             abstract = "Observations in the Brazil Current region between 20 and 30 S are 
                         revealing many interesting oceanographic features. In the austral 
                         winter of 1993, what appears to be an anomalous northward 
                         penetration of waters from the Brazil/Malvinas confluence region 
                         into the South Brazil Bight was observed. Despite its dynamical 
                         similarity to the South Atlantic Bight (SAB)in the North Atlantic, 
                         the South Brazil Bight (SBB)(also referred to as Santos Bight)is 
                         often overlooked by the physical oceanografic community. Wost of 
                         the historical ocenographic cruises in this area focused on the 
                         shelf, leaving the shelf break and slope - and therefore the 
                         Brazil Current itself - largely unstudied. For instance, the first 
                         time a conductivity-termperature-depth (CTD)survey was made of the 
                         SBB was in January 1991 [Campos et al., 1994, 1995]when German and 
                         Brazilian oceanographers on board the German FS Victor Hensen 
                         performed a CTD hydrographic survey in the area between Santos and 
                         Rio de Janeiro. Due to this substantial lack of knowledge in a 
                         region regarded as one of the most ecologically and economically 
                         important oceanic regions along the Brazilian coast, a group of 
                         Brazilian scientists set forth a comprehensive oceanographic 
                         survey called Project COROAS to study the SBB and the nearby 
                         portions of the Brazil Basin. This multi-disciplinary data 
                         collection effort, a component of the World Ocean Circulation 
                         Experiment (WOCE)Deep Basin Experiment program, is an extensive 
                         study of part of the Brazil Basin that places particular emphasis 
                         on the SBB. COROAS focuses on different aspects of oceanography. 
                         It incorporates a high-quality hydrographic survey, satellite 
                         remote sensing, and Lagrangian and Eulerian current studies. Since 
                         the program began in 1993, researchers have performed several 
                         oceanographic cruises on board the R/V Prof. W.Besnard, conducted 
                         seasonal hydrographic surveys, and deployed and recovered an array 
                         of current meter moorings along a transect extending from near 
                         Santos (Brazil)to the Vema Channel. Additionally, 
                         satellite-tracked WOCE-type drifters are collecting data in the 
                         Brazil Current, and satellite advanced very high resolution 
                         radiometer (AVHRR)data are being continuously recorded to map sea 
                         surface temperature.",
           copyholder = "SID/SCD",
                  doi = "10.1029/96EO00177",
                  url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/96EO00177",
                 issn = "2324-9250",
                label = "7760",
             language = "en",
        urlaccessdate = "29 mar. 2024"
}


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