Statistical Characteristics of Mesoscale Eddies in the North Pacific Derived from Satellite Altimetry

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Yu-Hsin Cheng, Chung-Ru Ho, Quanan Zheng, Nan-Jung Kuo
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2014
• Subjects: mesoscale eddy; North Pacific; sea level anomaly; eddy detection algorithm; Oyashio; Pacific; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs6065164

The sea level anomaly data derived from satellite altimetry are analyzed to investigate statistical characteristics of mesoscale eddies in the North Pacific. Eddies are detected by a free-threshold eddy identification algorithm. The results show that the distributions of size, amplitude, propagation...