The South Atlantic Current Revisited: Description and Mesoscale Dynamics

• Main Author: Lapolli, Fabricio Rodrigues
• Other Authors: Calil, Paulo Henrique Rezende, Silveira, Ilson Carlos Almeida da
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da USP 2018
• Subjects: WOA; Mesoscala; Giro Subtropical; Dinâmica; Descrição; Corrente do Atlântico Sul; Corrente de Santa Helena; Corrente Circumpolar Antártica; AVISO; ARMOR3D; Subtropical Gyre; South Atlantic Current; Saint Helena Current; Mesoscale; Dynamics; Description; Antarctic Circumpolar Current; Antarctic; Ela; Indian; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Zapiola; Antarc*; Antártica; north atlantic current; North Atlantic; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/21/21135/tde-11012019-101121/; https://doi.org/10.11606/D.21.2019.tde-11012019-101121

Oceanic Gyres are the most conspicuous features in the Earth\'s ocean. They are ubiquitous to each basin and hemisphere. In the Atlantic Ocean, there is an uncanny symmetry between the North and South Atlantic Subtropical Gyres. Focusing on their poleward limits, we can think of them as virtual...