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Observed and simulated submesoscale vertical pump of an anticyclonic eddy in the South China Sea

Oceanic mesoscale eddies with typical sizes of 30–200 km contain more than half of the kinetic energy of the ocean. With an average lifespan of several months, they are major contributors to the transport of heat, nutrients, plankton, dissolved oxygen and carbon in the ocean. Mesoscale eddies have b...

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Autores principales: Zhong, Yisen, Bracco, Annalisa, Tian, Jiwei, Dong, Jihai, Zhao, Wei, Zhang, Zhiwei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5343664/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28276467
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep44011