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Articles | Volume 17, issue 5
Articles | Volume 17, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-17-1231-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-17-1231-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 17, issue 5
Research article
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15 Sep 2021
Research article |  | 15 Sep 2021

Lagrangian eddy tracking reveals the Eratosthenes anticyclonic attractor in the eastern Levantine Basin

Alexandre Barboni, Ayah Lazar, Alexandre Stegner, and Evangelos Moschos

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Mesoscale eddies are an important part of the turbulent motion in the oceans, constituting coherent structures that can live for years and store physical property anomalies. Analysis of anticyclone (clockwise-rotating eddies) tracks in the eastern Levantine Basin revealed statistical patterns over 19 years of data, in particular the presence of an anticyclone attractor above the Eratosthenes Seamount, with a strong heat content signature.
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