Wind modulation of upwelling at the shelf-break front off Patagonia: Observational evidence

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Carranza, Magdalena, Gille, Sarah, Piola, Alberto Ricardo, Charo, M., Romero, S. I.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union
• Subjects: Along-Front Winds; Chlorophyll-A; Patagonian Shelf; Shelf-Break Front Upwelling; Shelf-Slope Exchange; Wind Modulation; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Southern Ocean; Patagonia; Argentina; Scripps; Ricardo
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/72875

The South-Atlantic Patagonian shelf is the largest chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) hot spot in Southern Ocean color images. While a persistent 1500 km long band of high Chl-a along the shelf-break front (SBF) is indicative of upwelling, the mechanisms that drive it are not entirely known. Along-front wind osc...