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Articles | Volume 18, issue 4
Articles | Volume 18, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-18-1163-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-18-1163-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 18, issue 4
Research article
 | 
08 Aug 2022
Research article |  | 08 Aug 2022

Impact of a long-lived anticyclonic mesoscale eddy on seawater anomalies in the northeastern tropical Pacific Ocean: a composite analysis from hydrographic measurements, sea level altimetry data, and reanalysis model products

Kaveh Purkiani, Matthias Haeckel, Sabine Haalboom, Katja Schmidt, Peter Urban, Iason-Zois Gazis, Henko de Stigter, André Paul, Maren Walter, and Annemiek Vink

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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-18-1163-2022-supplement

Data sets

Physical oceanography (CTD) during SONNE cruise SO268 Matthias Haeckel, Katja Schmidt, Henko de Stigter, and Sabine Haalboom https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.944351

GLOBAL_REANALYSIS_PHY_001_031 Copernicus Climate Change Service https://doi.org/10.48670/moi-00024

SEALEVEL_GLO_PHY_CLIMATE_L4_MY_008_057 Copernicus Climate Change Service https://doi.org/10.48670/moi-00145

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Based on altimetry data and in situ hydrographic observations, the impacts of an anticyclone mesoscale eddy (large rotating body of water) on the seawater characteristics were investigated during a research campaign. The particular eddy presents significant anomalies on the seawater properties at 1500 m. The potential role of eddies in the seafloor and its consequential effect on the altered dispersion of mining-related sediment plumes are important to assess future mining operations.
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