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We use 28 years of satellite altimetry data and a new Eddy Atlas to estimate how much of the eddy kinetic energy (EKE) observed in the SBB is accounted for by local eddies, generated in the Brazil Current (BC) region, versus remote eddies generated eastward of the BC region. First, we estimate a BC frontal density to obtain a robust definition of BC region. The BC front is well-defined throughout the SBB, occupying the region between the 200-m and 1000-m isobath, except in eddy hotspots downstream of sharp inflections of the continental slope, where the EKE far exceeds the mean kinetic energy (MKE). Compact, closed-contour mesoscale eddies account for 30\u201350% of the total EKE observed in the SBB, with local eddies accounting for most of the compact EKE in the BC region, defined as the area within 200 km of the 28-year mean BC front. Remote compact eddies account for less than 10% of the EKE observed in the BC region; compact eddies generated at long distances from the SBB, including eddies generated in the Southeastern Atlantic, contribute an insignificant fraction of EKE in the BC region.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs14225781","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,17]],"date-time":"2022-11-17T03:27:44Z","timestamp":1668655664000},"page":"5781","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["Compact Mesoscale Eddies in the South Brazil Bight"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4063-5468","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Cesar B.","family":"Rocha","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut, Groton, CT 06340, USA"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2484-510X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Iury T.","family":"Simoes-Sousa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Engineering, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA 02747, USA"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1016\/S0074-6142(01)80146-7","article-title":"Satellite altimetry","volume":"Volume 69","author":"Chelton","year":"2001","journal-title":"International Geophysics"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"253","DOI":"10.1146\/annurev.fluid.40.111406.102139","article-title":"Ocean circulation kinetic energy: Reservoirs, sources, and sinks","volume":"41","author":"Ferrari","year":"2009","journal-title":"Annu. 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