Articles | Volume 7, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-7-63-2011
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-7-63-2011
20 Jan 2011
 | 20 Jan 2011

Salinity-induced mixed and barrier layers in the southwestern tropical Atlantic Ocean off the northeast of Brazil

M. Araujo, C. Limongi, J. Servain, M. Silva, F. S. Leite, D. Veleda, and C. A. D. Lentini

Related subject area

Depth range: Thermocline | Approach: In situ Observations | Geographical range: Deep Seas: South Atlantic | Phenomena: Temperature, Salinity and Density Fields
Freshening of Antarctic Intermediate Water in the South Atlantic Ocean in 2005–2014
Wenjun Yao, Jiuxin Shi, and Xiaolong Zhao
Ocean Sci., 13, 521–530, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-13-521-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-13-521-2017, 2017
Short summary

Cited articles

Ando, K. and McPhaden, M. J.: Variability of surface layer hydrography in the tropical Pacific Ocean, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 23063–23078, 1997.
Blanck, H. F.: Using TOPEX Satellite El-Niño altimetry data to introduce thermal expansion and heat capacity concepts in chemistry courses, J. Chem. Educ., 76, 1635–1646, 1999.
Bourlès, B., Gouriou, Y., and Chuchla, R.: On the circulation in the upper layer of the western equatorial Atlantic, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 21151–21170, 1999.
Brainerd, K. E. and Gregg, M. C.: Surface mixed and mixing layer depths, Deep-Sea Res. Pt. I, 42, 1521–1543, 1995.
Cronin, M. F. and McPhaden, M. J.: Barrier layer formation during westerly wind bursts, J. Geophys. Res., 107(C12), 2101–2112, 2002.
Download