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@article{Chen:2016:10.1175/JPO-D-16-0066.1,
author = {Chen, C and Kamenkovich, I and Berloff, P},
doi = {10.1175/JPO-D-16-0066.1},
journal = {Journal of Physical Oceanography},
pages = {2807--2825},
title = {Eddy trains and striations in quasigeostrophic simulations and the ocean},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-16-0066.1},
volume = {46},
year = {2016}
}
TY - JOUR
AB - This study explores the relationship between coherent eddies and zonally elongated striations. The investigation involves an analysis of two baroclinic quasigeostrophic models of a zonal and double-gyre flow and a set of altimetry sea level anomaly data in the North Pacific. Striations are defined by either spatiotemporal filtering or empirical orthogonal functions (EOFs), with both approaches leading to consistent results. Coherent eddies, identified here by the modified Okubo–Weiss parameter, tend to propagate along well-defined paths, thus forming “eddy trains” that coincide with striations. The striations and eddy trains tend to drift away from the intergyre boundary at the same speed in both the model and observations. The EOF analysis further confirms that these striations in model simulations and altimetry are not an artifact of temporal averaging of random, spatially uncorrelated vortices. This study suggests instead that eddies organize into eddy trains, which manifest themselves as striations in low-pass filtered data and EOF modes.
AU - Chen,C
AU - Kamenkovich,I
AU - Berloff,P
DO - 10.1175/JPO-D-16-0066.1
EP - 2825
PY - 2016///
SN - 1520-0485
SP - 2807
TI - Eddy trains and striations in quasigeostrophic simulations and the ocean
T2 - Journal of Physical Oceanography
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-16-0066.1
UR - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000384024900013&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/43792
VL - 46
ER -
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