Relative dispersion and kinematic properties of the coastal submesoscale circulation in the southeastern Ligurian Sea

Poulain, Pierre-Marie; Centurioni, Luca; Brandini, Carlo; Taddei, Stefano; Berta, Maristella; Menna, Milena

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-1617-2023

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Relative dispersion and kinematic properties of the coastal submesoscale circulation in the southeastern Ligurian Sea

Pierre-Marie Poulain, Luca Centurioni, Carlo Brandini, Stefano Taddei, Maristella Berta, and Milena Menna

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