XBT Analysis - Brazil Current variability at 22°S
The Brazil Current
Location of the AX97 realizations, which were used to compute the Brazil Current variability at 22°S, overlaid on the (left) Mean Dynamic Topography, and (right) Mean Geostrophic Velocity from the MDT_CNES-CLS09 climatology.
Brazil Current velocity and transport variability (22°S)
(upper-left) Mean absolute geostrophic velocity accross 22°S computed using 46 AX97 realizations, and its (upper-right) standard deviation. (lower) Time-series for the Brazil Current volume transport accross 22°S (1 Sv = 106m3s-1). The eastern edge of the Brazil Current is defined as the location of the maximum southward cumulative transport. The IPRC dynamic topography climatology is adopted as the reference level at 400 m.
The temperature variability accross the Brazil Current front at 22°S can be found here>>
The XBT data along AX97 can be obtained here>>
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The Mean Dynamic Topography and Mean Geostrophic Velocity fields are from the MDT_CNES-CLS09 climatology produced by CLS Space Oceanography Division and distributed by AVISO, with support from CNES.