On eddy polarity distribution in the southwestern Atlantic

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers
• Main Authors: Saraceno, Martin, Provost, Christine
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier
• Subjects: EDDIES; SOUTHWESTERN ATLANTIC; ZAPIOLA DRIFT; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Argentina; Zapiola; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/17208

Eddies in the southwestern Atlantic were detected from more than 18 years of satellite altimetry data using a modified version of the Okubo–Weiss method. The spatial distribution and polarity of eddies were examined. A larger concentration of cyclonic (anticyclonic) eddies was found on the left (rig...