The role of the remote wind forcing in the São Paulo continental shelf dynamics

• Grant number: 10/05124-1
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: June 01, 2010
• End date: May 31, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Oceanography - Physical Oceanography
• Principal Investigator: Marcelo Dottori
• Grantee: Marcelo Dottori
• Host Institution: Instituto Oceanográfico (IO). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Belmiro Mendes de Castro Filho

Abstract

The subinertial dynamics over the Sao Paulo Continental Shelf (SPCS) is well influenced by the wind forcing, associated with cold front systems and the South Atlantic High Pressure Center. A portion of its variability can be understood in terms of the local wind forcing only. However, due to the cold front system tracks, the remote forcing is likely to play an important role in the subinertial dynamics over the region, probably associated with continental shelf waves propagating equatorwards. This project aims to understand how the remote forcing can influence the water motion over the SPCS. In order to achieve that we will make use of numerical modelling and data analysis. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

VALENTIM, SAMUEL SOARES; CORDEIRO BERNARDES, MARCOS EDUARDO; DOTTORI, MARCELO; CORTEZI, MATHEUS. LOW-FREQUENCY PHYSICAL VARIATIONS IN THE COASTAL ZONE OF UBATUBA, NORTHERN COAST OF SAO PAULO STATE, BRAZIL. Brazilian Journal of Oceanography, v. 61, n. 3, p. 187-193, JUL-SEP 2013. (10/05124-1)

DOTTORI, MARCELO; CASTRO, BELMIRO MENDES. The role of remote wind forcing in the subinertial current variability in the central and northern parts of the South Brazil Bight. OCEAN DYNAMICS, v. 68, n. 6, p. 677-688, JUN 2018. (10/05124-1, 08/58101-9)

SILVA, DANILO AUGUSTO; SASAKI, DALTON KEI; DOTTORI, MARCELO; SILVEIRA, ILSON CARLOS ALMEIDA DA; BELO, WELLINGTON CECCOPIERI; MARTINS, RENATO PARKINSON. An inventory of salty and warm subsurface intrusions in the South Brazil Bight. CONTINENTAL SHELF RESEARCH, v. 259, p. 14-pg., 2023-04-12. (21/13124-6, 10/05124-1)