The influence of mesoscale and submesoscale circulation on sinking particles in the northern Gulf of Mexico
Mesoscale eddies and fronts in the ocean greatly impact lateral transport and in turn the trajectories of sinking particles. Such influence was explored for April and October 2012 in the Gulf of Mexico using numerical simulations performed with a regional model at 1-km horizontal resolution. Results...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BioOne
2018-04-01
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| Series: | Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene |
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| Online Access: | https://www.elementascience.org/articles/292 |