Observations of Irminger Sea Anticyclonic Eddies
Mesoscale anticyclonic eddies in the Irminger Sea are observed using a mooring and a glider. Between 2002 and 2009, the mooring observed 53 anticyclones. Using a kinematic model, objective estimates of eddy length scales and velocity structure are made for 16 eddies. Anticyclones had a mean core dia...
Published in: | Journal of Physical Oceanography |
---|---|
Main Authors: | , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
Published: |
AMS (American Meteorological Society)
2013
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/21322/ https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/21322/1/jpo-d-11-0155.1-1.pdf https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-11-0155.1 |