@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"
}