The influence of the Brazil and Malvinas Currents on the Southwestern Atlantic Shelf circulation

RP Matano, ED Palma, AR Piola - Ocean Science, 2010 - os.copernicus.org
The oceanic circulation over the southwestern Atlantic shelf is influenced by large tidal
amplitudes, substantial freshwater discharges, high wind speeds and–most importantly–by …

Past and present distribution, densities and movements of blue whales Balaenoptera musculus in the Southern Hemisphere and northern Indian Ocean

TA Branch, KM Stafford, DM Palacios… - Mammal …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT 1 Blue whale locations in the Southern Hemisphere and northern Indian Ocean
were obtained from catches (303 239), sightings (4383 records of≥ 8058 whales) …

A numerical study of the Southwestern Atlantic Shelf circulation: Stratified ocean response to local and offshore forcing

ED Palma, RP Matano, AR Piola - Journal of Geophysical …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
This article discusses the results of a suite of numerical simulations of the oceanic circulation
in the Southwestern Atlantic Shelf region that are aimed to characterize its mean circulation …

Physical oceanography of the SW Atlantic Shelf: a review

AR Piola, ED Palma, AA Bianchi, BM Castro… - Plankton ecology of the …, 2018 - Springer
The continental shelf of the western South Atlantic is characterized by three regions subject
to distinct oceanographic regimes. The wide subantarctic shelf, south of approximately 35° …

Interannual variability and trends of sea surface temperature around southern South America

DB Risaro, MP Chidichimo, AR Piola - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The interannual variability and trends of sea surface temperature (SST) around southern
South America are studied from 1982 to 2017 using monthly values of the Optimally …

The Malvinas current at the confluence with the Brazil current: Inferences from 25 years of Mercator ocean reanalysis

C Artana, C Provost, JM Lellouche… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Twenty‐five years of high‐resolution (1/12°) ocean reanalysis are used to examine the
Confluence of the Malvinas Current (MC) with the Brazil Current (BC) from synoptic to …

Environmental factors controlling the phytoplankton blooms at the Patagonia shelf-break in spring

VMT Garcia, CAE Garcia, MM Mata, RC Pollery… - Deep Sea Research …, 2008 - Elsevier
The shelf-break front formed between Argentinean shelf waters and the Malvinas Current
(MC) flow shows a conspicuous band of high phytoplankton biomass throughout spring and …

[HTML][HTML] On the upwelling of downwelling currents

RP Matano, ED Palma - Journal of Physical Oceanography, 2008 - journals.ametsoc.org
On the Upwelling of Downwelling Currents in: Journal of Physical Oceanography Volume
38 Issue 11 (2008) Jump to Content Logo Logo Logo Logo Logo Logo JOURNALS Artificial …

Primary production in the Argentine Sea during spring estimated by field and satellite models

VA Lutz, V Segura, AI Dogliotti… - Journal of Plankton …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
In satellite images of the world ocean the Argentine Sea is one of the areas of highest
chlorophyll-a (Chl a) concentration. Here we analyze the spatial variability in primary …

A two‐way nested simulation of the oceanic circulation in the Southwestern Atlantic

V Combes, RP Matano - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
This article presents the results of a high‐resolution (1/12°), two‐way nested simulation of
the oceanic circulation in the southwestern Atlantic region. A comparison between the model …