Contrasting trends in short-lived and long-lived mesoscale eddies in the Southern Ocean since the 1990s

Mesoscale eddies play an important role in the transport of heat, carbon, and nutrients in the Southern Ocean. Previous studies have documented an increasing intensity of the Southern Ocean eddy field during recent decades; however, it remains unclear whether the mesoscale eddies with different life...

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Main Authors: Fei Shi, Yiyong Luo, Renhao Wu, Qinghua Yang, Ruiyi Chen, Chuanyin Wang, Yichen Lin, Dake Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acbf6b