@article{606cd80948d648a1b33d409207c45589,
title = "Coherent Lagrangian swirls among submesoscale motions",
abstract = "The emergence of coherent Lagrangian swirls (CLSs) among submesoscale motions in the ocean is illustrated. This is done by applying recent nonlinear dynamics tools for Lagrangian coherence detection on a surface flow realization produced by a data-assimilative submesoscale-permitting ocean general circulation model simulation of the Gulf of Mexico. Both mesoscale and submesoscale CLSs are extracted. These extractions prove the relevance of coherent Lagrangian eddies detected in satellite-altimetry–based geostrophic flow data for the arguably more realistic ageostrophic multiscale flow.",
keywords = "High-resolution ocean models, Lagrangian coherence, Mesoscale eddies, Satellite altimetry, Submesoscale eddies",
author = "Beron-Vera, {F. J.} and A. Hadjighasem and Q. Xia and Olascoaga, {M. J.} and G. Haller",
note = "Funding Information: The NCOM simulation was produced at the Naval Research Laboratory and can be obtained from the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information & Data Cooperative (GRIIDC) at https://data. gulfresearchinitiative.org (dx.doi.org/10.7266/N7FQ9TJ6, dx.doi.org/10.7266/ N76Q1V5G, and dx.doi.org/10.7266/N72Z13F4). Support for this work was provided by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (F.J.B.-V. and M.J.O.) as part of the Consortium for Advanced Research on Transport of Hydrocarbon in the Environment, by Secretar?a de Energ?a?Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnolog?a Grant 201441 (to F.J.B.-V. and M.J.O.) as part of the Consorcio de Investigaci?n del Golfo de M?xico, and by a grant from the Turbulence Superstructures priority program (to G.H.) of the German National Science Foundation (DFG). Funding Information: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. The NCOM simulation was produced at the Naval Research Laboratory and can be obtained from the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information & Data Cooperative (GRIIDC) at https://data. gulfresearchinitiative.org (dx.doi.org/10.7266/N7FQ9TJ6, dx.doi.org/10.7266/ N76Q1V5G, and dx.doi.org/10.7266/N72Z13F4). Support for this work was provided by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (F.J.B.-V. and M.J.O.) as part of the Consortium for Advanced Research on Transport of Hydrocarbon in the Environment, by Secretar{\'i}a de Energ{\'i}a–Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnolog{\'i}a Grant 201441 (to F.J.B.-V. and M.J.O.) as part of the Consorcio de Investigaci{\'o}n del Golfo de M{\'e}xico, and by a grant from the Turbulence Superstructures priority program (to G.H.) of the German National Science Foundation (DFG).",
year = "2019",
month = sep,
day = "10",
doi = "10.1073/pnas.1701392115",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "116",
pages = "18251--18256",
journal = "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America",
issn = "0027-8424",
publisher = "National Academy of Sciences",
number = "37",
}