@Article{PezziSouDouGarSil:2005:OcAtSi,
               author = "Pezzi, Luciano Ponzi and Souza, R. B. and Dourado, C A E and 
                         Garcia, M M M and Silva Dias, M A F da",
          affiliation = "{Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)/CPTEC} and {} 
                         and {} and {} and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais 
                         (INPE/CPTEC)}",
                title = "Ocean atmosphere in situ observations at the Brazil-Malvinas 
                         confluence region",
              journal = "Geophysical Research Letters",
                 year = "2005",
               volume = "32",
               number = "22",
                month = "Nov.",
             keywords = "sea-surface, temperature, eastern equatorial pacific, tropical 
                         instalility waves, satelite-observations, boundary-layer, 
                         variability, wind, currents, eddies.",
             abstract = "This paper presents a description of marine atmospheric boundary 
                         layer (MABL) and oceanic boundary layer (OBL) interactions at the 
                         Brazil-Malvinas Confluence. Although this region is known as one 
                         of the most energetic zones of the World Ocean, very few studies 
                         have addressed the mechanisms of OA interaction there. Based upon 
                         novel, direct in situ simultaneous OA observations, our results 
                         show that the OBL-MABL exchanges are closely correlated with the 
                         sea surface temperature (SST) field. The heat fluxes range from 
                         110W. m(-2) over warm waters down to 18W. m(-2) over cold waters. 
                         Higher heat fluxes and air-sea temperature differences are 
                         associated with stronger near-surface winds. This suggests that 
                         the MABL is modulated at the synoptic temporal and spatial scale 
                         by the strong surface thermal gradients between the ( warm) Brazil 
                         and the ( cold) Malvinas ( Falklands) currents.",
           copyholder = "SID/SCD",
                 issn = "0094-8276",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "Pezzi_OceanAtmosphere.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "26 abr. 2024"
}