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Trends in the Brazil/Malvinas Confluence region

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  • Observations show abrupt changes in the oceanic circulation of the southwestern Atlantic. These studies report a southward drift of the Brazil/Malvinas Confluence (BMC) and a change in the spectral characteristics of the Malvinas Current (MC) transport. We address the cause of these changes using the result of a high-resolution numerical experiment. The experiment, which is consistent with observations, shows a southward BMC displacement at a rate of 0.62°/decade between 1993 and 2008, and a shift of the spectral characteristics of the MC transport after 1999. We find that these changes are driven by a weakening of the northern branch of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, which translates to a weakening of the MC transport and a southward BMC drift. The drift changes the spectral characteristics of the MC transport, which becomes more influenced by annual and semiannual variations associated with the BMC.
  • Keywords: Brazil Current, Malvinas Current, Trend, Brazil Malvinas Confluence
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  • Combes, V., & Matano, R. P. (2014). Trends in the Brazil/Malvinas Confluence region. Geophysical Research Letters, 41(24), 8971-8977. doi:10.1002/2014GL062523
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  • 41
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  • We acknowledge the financial support of the National Science Foundation through Grant OCE-0928348, NOAA through Grant NA13OAR4310132, and NASA through Grants NNX08AR40G and NNX12AF67G.
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