Intrusions of South Atlantic Central Water onto the Espírito Santo basin shelf (18°S-22°S, Brazil)

• Grant number: 14/03451-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Master's degree
• Start date: May 01, 2014
• End date: October 31, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Oceanography - Physical Oceanography
• Principal Investigator: Ilson Carlos Almeida da SIlveira
• Grantee: André Palóczy Filho
• Supervisor: Kenneth Harold Brink
• Host Institution: Instituto Oceanográfico (IO). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), United States
• Associated to the scholarship: 13/11465-4 - Coastal upwelling and South Atlantic Central Water (SACW) Intrusions in the Espírito Santo Basin (18°S-22°S), BP.MS

Abstract

Little is known on the physical mechanisms that drive South Atlantic Central Water (SACW) intrusions onto the continental shelf in the Espírito Santo Basin (18°S-22°S). In this research project, we propose an investigation of the dynamical roles of the wind stress, the Brazil Current and its mesoscale eddy field as drivers of the SACW intrusions. Its primary aim is to examine the effects of each of these forcings, both individually and in concert. An approach based on semi-idealized, tridimensional, process-oriented numerical experiments is proposed. (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)

PALOCZY, A.; BRINK, K. H.; DA SILVEIRA, ILSON C. A.; ARRUDA, WILTON Z.; MARTINS, RENATO P.. Pathways and mechanisms of offshore water intrusions on the Espirito Santo Basin shelf (18 degrees S-22 degrees S, Brazil). JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS, v. 121, n. 7, p. 5134-5163, JUL 2016. (13/11465-4, 14/03451-6, 08/58101-9)