Mesoscale ocean eddy dataset in the Lofoten Basin from Satellite Altimetry

• Main Authors: Raj, Roshin P, Halo, Issufo, Johannessen, Johnny Andre, Eldevik, Tor, Nilsen, Jan Even Ø
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2016
• Subjects: File content; File format; File name; File size; Lofoten_Basin; Lofoten Basin; Uniform resource locator/link to file; Norwegian Sea; Lofoten
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.865235; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.865235

The Lofoten Basin is the most eddy rich region in the Norwegian Sea. In this paper, the characteristics of these eddies are investigated from a comprehensive database of nearly two decades of satellite altimeter data (1995-2013) together with Argo profiling floats and surface drifter data. An automa...