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contributor authorHoury, Sabine
contributor authorDombrowsky, Eric
contributor authorDe Mey, Piepre
contributor authorMinster, Jean-Francois
date accessioned2017-06-09T14:48:34Z
date available2017-06-09T14:48:34Z
date copyright1987/10/01
date issued1987
identifier issn0022-3670
identifier otherams-27247.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4164231
description abstractBrunt-Väisälä frequency profiles have been calculated in the South Atlantic and neighboring regions on a 5° ? 5° grid between 30°N and 70°S, 70°W and 70°E, using the annual mean temperature and salinity profiles computed by Levitus from data available from the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC). These Brunt-Väisälä frequency profiles are used in the computation of the first and second internal Rossby deformation radii. The external Rossby radius is computed for reference. These results compare very well with those of Emery et at. for the equatorial Atlantic. Very small values of the radii are evidenced in the extreme south (less than 10 km in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current for the first internal mode). High vertical variability in Brunt-Väisälä frequency profiles is also observed at the center of the subtropical gyre. This behavior is probably due to the lack of deep data in this region.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleBrunt-Väisälä Frequency and Rossby Radii in the South Atlantic
typeJournal Paper
journal volume17
journal issue10
journal titleJournal of Physical Oceanography
identifier doi10.1175/1520-0485(1987)017<1619:BVFARR>2.0.CO;2
journal fristpage1619
journal lastpage1626
treeJournal of Physical Oceanography:;1987:;Volume( 017 ):;issue: 010
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