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Cyclonic eddies and cross-frontal mixing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

R. D. Pingree
R. D. Pingree
Affiliation:
Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Wormley, Surrey
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An examination of infra-red satellite images of the North-West European continental shelf suggests that cross-frontal mixing takes the form of cyclonic eddies. These are about 20–40 kmin scale and persist for a few days. It is suggested that the dynamics of cyclonic eddies willbe important in the development of frontal phytoplankton blooms.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 58 , Issue 4 , November 1978 , pp. 955 - 963
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1978

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