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Relative dispersion and kinematic properties of the coastal submesoscale circulation in the southeastern Ligurian Sea
Pierre-Marie Poulain
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Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE), La Spezia, 19126, Italy
Luca Centurioni
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, 92093, California, USA
Carlo Brandini
Laboratorio di Monitoraggio e Modellistica Ambientale per lo sviluppo sostenibile (LAMMA), CNR, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019, Italy
Stefano Taddei
Laboratorio di Monitoraggio e Modellistica Ambientale per lo sviluppo sostenibile (LAMMA), CNR, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019, Italy
Maristella Berta
Istituto di Scienze Marine (ISMAR), CNR, La Spezia, 19032, Italy
Milena Menna
Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale (OGS), Sgonico (Trieste), 34010, Italy
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Short summary
Drifters and a profiling float were deployed in the coastal waters of the southeastern Ligurian Sea to characterize the near-surface circulation at a scale of ~10 km. The drifters were trapped in an offshore-flowing filament and a cyclonic eddy that developed at the southwestern extremity of the filament. Drifter velocities are used to estimate differential kinematic properties and relative dispersion statistics of the surface currents.
Drifters and a profiling float were deployed in the coastal waters of the southeastern Ligurian...
