North Brazil Current Rings Experiment: RAFOS Float Data Report, November 1998 - June 2000

Twenty-one RAFOS floats were tracked at depths of 200-1000 meters in and around several North Brazil Current Rings between November 1998 and June 2000. This was part of an experiment to study the role of these current rings in transporting upper level South Atlantic water across the equatorial-tropi...

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Other Authors: WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION MA
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2002
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
*OCEAN CURRENTS
*RINGS
TIME SERIES ANALYSIS
DEPTH
FLOATS
TRAJECTORIES
NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
ISLANDS
BRAZIL
LESSER ANTILLES
SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
SATELLITE IMAGERY
North Atlantic
South Atlantic Ocean
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA409036
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA409036
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Summary:Twenty-one RAFOS floats were tracked at depths of 200-1000 meters in and around several North Brazil Current Rings between November 1998 and June 2000. This was part of an experiment to study the role of these current rings in transporting upper level South Atlantic water across the equatorial-tropical gyre boundary into the North Atlantic subtropical gyre. The float trajectories in combination with surface drifters and satellite imagery reveal the sometimes complex life histories of several rings and their fate as they collide with the Lesser Antilles Islands. This report describes the float trajectories, the velocity, temperature, and depth time series, and a preliminary analysis of the float data.

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