Brazil/U.S. Workshop on Physical Oceanography Held on 3-6 August 1987
The first Brazil/U.S. Workshop on Physical Oceanography of the South Atlantic Ocean was held on 3 Aug 1987 at the University of New Hampshire. The workshop resulted from a growing mutual interest in studying a complex and exceedingly interesting part of the world's ocean; its purpose was to bro...
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ftdtic:ADA427098 2023-05-15T18:21:08+02:00 Brazil/U.S. Workshop on Physical Oceanography Held on 3-6 August 1987 Drapeau, Elaine NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIV DURHAM OCEAN PROCESS ANALYSIS LAB 1987-08-06 text/html http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA427098 http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA427098 en eng http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA427098 Availability: Document partially illegible. DTIC AND NTIS Physical and Dynamic Oceanography Hydrology Limnology and Potamology Fluid Mechanics *TROPICAL REGIONS *AMAZON RIVER *BRAZIL *OCEANOGRAPHY *SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN *SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH MEASUREMENT UNITED STATES OCEAN CURRENTS WIND EDDIES(FLUID MECHANICS) CONTINENTAL SHELVES BATHYMETRY SEDIMENT TRANSPORT SEASONAL VARIATIONS INFRARED IMAGES INSTRUMENTATION SALINITY HYDROGRAPHY CIRCULATION REMOTE DETECTION COOPERATION WORKSHOPS PHYTOPLANKTON BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW BUOYS LAGOONS(LANDFORMS) DOPPLER SONAR SATELLITE IMAGERY BRAZIL CURRENT OCEAN CIRCULATION SEQUAL EXPERIMENT TRADE WIND FORCING BOUNDARY CURRENT SEPARATION ZONAL WINDS OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTATION TROPICAL ATLANTIC OCEAN EQUATORIAL ATLANTIC OCEAN NECC(NORTH EQUATORIAL COUNTERCURRENT) FINESTRUCTURE SALT TRANSPORT AMAZON PLUME CZCS(COASTAL ZONE COLOR SCANNERS) AMASSEDS(AMAZON SHELF SEDIMENT STUDY) AMAZON DISPERSAL SYSTEM NBC(NORTH BRAZIL CURRENT) Text 1987 ftdtic 2016-02-21T09:05:28Z The first Brazil/U.S. Workshop on Physical Oceanography of the South Atlantic Ocean was held on 3 Aug 1987 at the University of New Hampshire. The workshop resulted from a growing mutual interest in studying a complex and exceedingly interesting part of the world's ocean; its purpose was to broaden Brazilian/U.S. interest in studies of the Brazil Current. Five Brazilians and 25 U.S. physical oceanographers met for four days of interaction. Two days of technical talks were followed by two days of planning discussions. The 21 abstracts included in this proceedings are as follows: Brazil Current Measurements; Satellite AVHRR Imagery of the Brazil Current during 1985; The NECC as Measured by SEQUAL/FOCAL Surface Drifters; Meridional Transports in the South Atlantic; Tropical Atlantic Finestructure; Circulation Field off North East Brazil in 1985, and Comparison with Historical Patterns; Large-Scale Eddy Characteristics and Variability in the Western Atlantic Near Equatorial Waters; The NBC Retroflection as Traced from Space with the CZCS; Equatorial Upper Ocean Response to Trade-Wind Forcing Observed Using Moored Current Meters during the SEQUAL Experiment; Low-Frequency Variability on the Brazilian Continental Shelf; Dynamics of the Amazon Plume; Estuary and Lagoon Systems in Brazil; Variability of the North Brazil Coastal Current; Physical Oceanography in AMASSEDS; Overview of the North Brazil Shelf Study (NOBRASS); The North Brazil Experiment (NOBREX); Boundary Current Separation and Equatorial Outflow; Meridional Oscillations Driven by Zonal Winds in a Trapezoidal Equatorial Basin; Doppler Current Profiling from Moored Subsurface Floats; Microcomputer Revolution in Remote Instrumentation; and On the Development of Oceanographic instrumentation in Brazil. The abstracts are followed by the texts of general discussions concerning Brazil/U.S. scientific collaboration and workshop discussions on coastal oceanography, equatorial Atlantic, and joint modeling studies. 7 Sponsored primarily by the National Science Foundation International Program Grant INT-8703019. Additional support was provided by the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space, the Ocean Process Analysis Laboratory, and the Center for International Perspectives, University of New Hampshire; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico, Brazil; and the Tinker Foundation, Inc. Text South Atlantic Ocean Defense Technical Information Center: DTIC Technical Reports database |
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Physical and Dynamic Oceanography Hydrology Limnology and Potamology Fluid Mechanics *TROPICAL REGIONS *AMAZON RIVER *BRAZIL *OCEANOGRAPHY *SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN *SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH MEASUREMENT UNITED STATES OCEAN CURRENTS WIND EDDIES(FLUID MECHANICS) CONTINENTAL SHELVES BATHYMETRY SEDIMENT TRANSPORT SEASONAL VARIATIONS INFRARED IMAGES INSTRUMENTATION SALINITY HYDROGRAPHY CIRCULATION REMOTE DETECTION COOPERATION WORKSHOPS PHYTOPLANKTON BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW BUOYS LAGOONS(LANDFORMS) DOPPLER SONAR SATELLITE IMAGERY BRAZIL CURRENT OCEAN CIRCULATION SEQUAL EXPERIMENT TRADE WIND FORCING BOUNDARY CURRENT SEPARATION ZONAL WINDS OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTATION TROPICAL ATLANTIC OCEAN EQUATORIAL ATLANTIC OCEAN NECC(NORTH EQUATORIAL COUNTERCURRENT) FINESTRUCTURE SALT TRANSPORT AMAZON PLUME CZCS(COASTAL ZONE COLOR SCANNERS) AMASSEDS(AMAZON SHELF SEDIMENT STUDY) AMAZON DISPERSAL SYSTEM NBC(NORTH BRAZIL CURRENT) |
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Physical and Dynamic Oceanography Hydrology Limnology and Potamology Fluid Mechanics *TROPICAL REGIONS *AMAZON RIVER *BRAZIL *OCEANOGRAPHY *SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN *SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH MEASUREMENT UNITED STATES OCEAN CURRENTS WIND EDDIES(FLUID MECHANICS) CONTINENTAL SHELVES BATHYMETRY SEDIMENT TRANSPORT SEASONAL VARIATIONS INFRARED IMAGES INSTRUMENTATION SALINITY HYDROGRAPHY CIRCULATION REMOTE DETECTION COOPERATION WORKSHOPS PHYTOPLANKTON BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW BUOYS LAGOONS(LANDFORMS) DOPPLER SONAR SATELLITE IMAGERY BRAZIL CURRENT OCEAN CIRCULATION SEQUAL EXPERIMENT TRADE WIND FORCING BOUNDARY CURRENT SEPARATION ZONAL WINDS OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTATION TROPICAL ATLANTIC OCEAN EQUATORIAL ATLANTIC OCEAN NECC(NORTH EQUATORIAL COUNTERCURRENT) FINESTRUCTURE SALT TRANSPORT AMAZON PLUME CZCS(COASTAL ZONE COLOR SCANNERS) AMASSEDS(AMAZON SHELF SEDIMENT STUDY) AMAZON DISPERSAL SYSTEM NBC(NORTH BRAZIL CURRENT) Drapeau, Elaine Brazil/U.S. Workshop on Physical Oceanography Held on 3-6 August 1987 |
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Physical and Dynamic Oceanography Hydrology Limnology and Potamology Fluid Mechanics *TROPICAL REGIONS *AMAZON RIVER *BRAZIL *OCEANOGRAPHY *SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN *SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH MEASUREMENT UNITED STATES OCEAN CURRENTS WIND EDDIES(FLUID MECHANICS) CONTINENTAL SHELVES BATHYMETRY SEDIMENT TRANSPORT SEASONAL VARIATIONS INFRARED IMAGES INSTRUMENTATION SALINITY HYDROGRAPHY CIRCULATION REMOTE DETECTION COOPERATION WORKSHOPS PHYTOPLANKTON BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW BUOYS LAGOONS(LANDFORMS) DOPPLER SONAR SATELLITE IMAGERY BRAZIL CURRENT OCEAN CIRCULATION SEQUAL EXPERIMENT TRADE WIND FORCING BOUNDARY CURRENT SEPARATION ZONAL WINDS OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTATION TROPICAL ATLANTIC OCEAN EQUATORIAL ATLANTIC OCEAN NECC(NORTH EQUATORIAL COUNTERCURRENT) FINESTRUCTURE SALT TRANSPORT AMAZON PLUME CZCS(COASTAL ZONE COLOR SCANNERS) AMASSEDS(AMAZON SHELF SEDIMENT STUDY) AMAZON DISPERSAL SYSTEM NBC(NORTH BRAZIL CURRENT) |
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The first Brazil/U.S. Workshop on Physical Oceanography of the South Atlantic Ocean was held on 3 Aug 1987 at the University of New Hampshire. The workshop resulted from a growing mutual interest in studying a complex and exceedingly interesting part of the world's ocean; its purpose was to broaden Brazilian/U.S. interest in studies of the Brazil Current. Five Brazilians and 25 U.S. physical oceanographers met for four days of interaction. Two days of technical talks were followed by two days of planning discussions. The 21 abstracts included in this proceedings are as follows: Brazil Current Measurements; Satellite AVHRR Imagery of the Brazil Current during 1985; The NECC as Measured by SEQUAL/FOCAL Surface Drifters; Meridional Transports in the South Atlantic; Tropical Atlantic Finestructure; Circulation Field off North East Brazil in 1985, and Comparison with Historical Patterns; Large-Scale Eddy Characteristics and Variability in the Western Atlantic Near Equatorial Waters; The NBC Retroflection as Traced from Space with the CZCS; Equatorial Upper Ocean Response to Trade-Wind Forcing Observed Using Moored Current Meters during the SEQUAL Experiment; Low-Frequency Variability on the Brazilian Continental Shelf; Dynamics of the Amazon Plume; Estuary and Lagoon Systems in Brazil; Variability of the North Brazil Coastal Current; Physical Oceanography in AMASSEDS; Overview of the North Brazil Shelf Study (NOBRASS); The North Brazil Experiment (NOBREX); Boundary Current Separation and Equatorial Outflow; Meridional Oscillations Driven by Zonal Winds in a Trapezoidal Equatorial Basin; Doppler Current Profiling from Moored Subsurface Floats; Microcomputer Revolution in Remote Instrumentation; and On the Development of Oceanographic instrumentation in Brazil. The abstracts are followed by the texts of general discussions concerning Brazil/U.S. scientific collaboration and workshop discussions on coastal oceanography, equatorial Atlantic, and joint modeling studies. 7 Sponsored primarily by the National Science Foundation International Program Grant INT-8703019. Additional support was provided by the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space, the Ocean Process Analysis Laboratory, and the Center for International Perspectives, University of New Hampshire; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico, Brazil; and the Tinker Foundation, Inc. |
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Brazil/U.S. Workshop on Physical Oceanography Held on 3-6 August 1987 |
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Brazil/U.S. Workshop on Physical Oceanography Held on 3-6 August 1987 |
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Brazil/U.S. Workshop on Physical Oceanography Held on 3-6 August 1987 |
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