The Barreirinhas Eddies: Stable Energetic Anticyclones in the Near-Equatorial South Atlantic

The Barreirinhas Eddies: Stable Energetic Anticyclones in the Near-Equatorial South Atlantic

We explore the Barreirinhas Eddies, submesoscale vortices generated by the North Brazil Current (NBC) off the Barreirinhas Bight (Brazil, centered at 1.75°S), using vessel-mounted and moored ADCP data, and a Global HYCOM reanalysis. These double-stacked anticyclones with incredibly high Rossby Numbe...

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Main Authors: Iury T. Simoes-Sousa, Ilson Carlos A. Silveira, Amit Tandon, Glenn R. Flierl, Cesar H. A. Ribeiro, Renato P. Martins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
equatorial dynamics
submesoscale
North Brazil Current
anticyclonic eddies
symmetrical instability
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.617011/full

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