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Research article
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13 Dec 2019
Research article |
| 13 Dec 2019
| 13 Dec 2019
Rotation of floating particles in submesoscale cyclonic and anticyclonic eddies: a model study for the southeastern Baltic Sea
Victor Zhurbas
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 36
Nakhimovsky Prospect, 117997 Moscow, Russia
Germo Väli
Department of Marine Systems,
Tallinn University of Technology, Akadeemia tee 15A, 12618 Tallinn, Estonia
Natalia Kuzmina
Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 36
Nakhimovsky Prospect, 117997 Moscow, Russia
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Short summary
Spiral streaks or spirals are a common feature on satellite images of the sea surface. Spirals are overwhelmingly cyclonic: they wind anticlockwise in the Northern Hemisphere. Based on a regional circulation model with very high resolution we concluded that submesoscale cyclonic eddies differ from anticyclonic eddies in three ways favoring the formation of spirals: they can be characterized by (a) higher angular velocity, (b) more pronounced differential rotation and (c) negative helicity.
Spiral streaks or spirals are a common feature on satellite images of the sea surface. Spirals...
