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COROAS
type: Concept
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definition: The global objective of project COROAS, which is intended to be a contribution from the Brazilian oceanographic community to the WOCE programme, is the determination of seasonal mean fields of velocity, heat and mass transports by the Brazil Current and the AAIW flowing into the coastal region of southeastern Brazil. The specific objectives are the following: 1. To estimate the baroclinic and barotropic components of the circulation along the Brazilian coast, including the continental shelf and the shelf break regions, between Ubatuba (SP) and Canan?ia (SP); 2.To continously monitor the velocity field and the heat and mass transports of the Brazil Current (BC) and the Antartic Intermediate Water (AAIW), along the southeastern brazilian coast; 3 To determine the importance of meso-scale vortices in the heat and mass transports in the Brazil Current; 4.To determine the response of the continental shelf water to the forcing represented by intrusions of the BC and AAIW, including the study of the influence of the Brazil Current eddies in the renovation of the continental shelf water. 5. To study the deep circulation in the Brazil Basin, including its interaction with the Argentine Basin. For more information, link to "http://www.labmon.io.usp.br/projects/coroas/coroas.html"