Point source dispersion of surface drifters in the southern Gulf of Mexico

The dispersion of surface drifters released over a 7-year period from five locations in the southern Gulf of Mexico is described. It is shown that the drifter dispersion is strongly affected by the main mesoscale circulations features frequently observed in this area. Some of them are the anticyclon...

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Main Authors: L Zavala Sansón, P Pérez-Brunius, J Sheinbaum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2017-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa537c