Research Article
Internal Solitary Waves in the Brazilian SE Continental Shelf: Observations by Synthetic Aperture Radar
Table 1
ISWs main characteristics in the SECS obtained from SAR imagery.
| | Mean | Std. Deviation | Maximum | Minimun |
| Wind speed over ISWs (ms−1) | 4.4 | 2.1 | 11.43 | 0.66 | Local depth of occurrence (m) | 111 | 51 | 509 | 14 | Direction of propagation (degrees) | 319 | — | — | — | ISW propagation speed (ms−1) | 0.64 | 0.16 | 1.04 | 0.32 | Wave crest length (km) | 43.5 | 28 | 152.5 | 10.5 | Wavelength 1st soliton (km) | 1.04 | 0.44 | 2.36 | 0.3 | Wavelength 2nd soliton (km) | 0.9 | 0.42 | 2.11 | 0.22 | Wavelength 3rd soliton (km) | 0.85 | 0.37 | 1.7 | 0.32 | Wavelength of Internal Tide (km) | 28.6 | 6.94 | 46.57 | 14.4 |
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