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MOVAR: Monitoring the Upper Ocean Thermal Variability between Rio de Janeiro and Trindade Island

MOVAR: Monitoring the Upper Ocean Thermal Variability between Rio de Janeiro and Trindade Island. PRIMARY OBJECTIVE

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MOVAR: Monitoring the Upper Ocean Thermal Variability between Rio de Janeiro and Trindade Island

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  1. MOVAR: Monitoring the Upper Ocean Thermal Variability between Rio de Janeiro and Trindade Island PRIMARY OBJECTIVE Take advantage of the Brazilian Navy regular supply ships to Trindade Is. to obtain a high-resolution time-series (spatial resolution ~15nm ; ~3 months time resolution) of the upper ocean thermal structure in a sparsely sampled area of the SW Atlantic. That is accomplished using a high-resolution XBT line and will help to elucidate several aspects of the gyre scale circulation and its variability, help to calibrate models and allow comparisons with other ocean basins.

  2. OTHER OBJECTIVES • Conjugate the XBT time-series with the launch of drifting buoys so as to better understand the circulation in this area and further contribute to programs like PNBOIA, ARGO and the Global Drifter Program. • Compare the large scale variability information from the in-situ observations with quasi-synoptic satellite data (sst, altimeter, color) • SUPPORT MOVAR activities are supported by several institutions: FURG, NOAA/AOML, GOOS/Regional, Brazilian Navy, SeCIRM and CNPq.

  3. MOVAR repeat line AX98 GOAL yearly line

  4. ARGO Profiling Floats density over the world ocean

  5. High latitude oceanography and marine biology group http://goal.ocfis.furg.br

  6. The Regions of Interest BMC Patagonian Shelf-Break Antarctic Pen. & NW Weddell Sea

  7. SURFACE DRIFTERS

  8. THE ANTARCTIC PENINSULA AND NW WEDDELL SEA STUDIES Mean 5-year SeaWiFS chlorophyll image (www.Seawifs.Nasa.gov.)

  9. NW WEDDELL SEA STUDIES Bathymetric mapping (ETOPO5) of the DOVETAIL program study area. The hydrographic stations selected to compose the box models are shown for the cruises ARXVIII (●) and ARXIX (), respectively.

  10. CRUISE ARXVIII (2000) Philip Passage Powell Basin

  11. Orkney Passage Bruce Passage Northern WG CRUISE ARXVIII (2000)

  12. CRUISE ARXVIII (2000) • During the austral summer of 2000 the Weddell Sea Deep Water (WSDW) net transports: • Philip Passage = 0.01 ± 0.01 Sv • Orkney Passage = 1.15  0.32 Sv • Bruce Passage = 1.03  0.23 Sv • After extrapolation within bottom triangles these transports are: • Philip Passage = 0.12 ± 0.03 Sv • Orkney Passage = 3.46 ± 1.81 Sv • Bruce Passage = 1.20 ± 2.15 Sv

  13. CRUISE ARXIX(2001) Philip Passage Powell Basin

  14. CRUISE ARXIX (2001) • During the austral summer of 2000 the Weddell Sea Deep Water (WSDW) net transports: • Philip Passage = 0.012 ± 0.001Sv • After extrapolation within bottom triangles these transports are: • Philip Passage = 0.113 ± 0.002Sv

  15. SASSI (Synoptic AntarcticShelf-SlopeInteractions) IAnZone initiative for IPY

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