Transient Attracting Profiles in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Kunz, Luca; Griesel, Alexa; Eden, Carsten; Duran, Rodrigo; Sainte-Rose, Bruno

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-20-1611-2024

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Transient Attracting Profiles in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Luca Kunz, Alexa Griesel, Carsten Eden, Rodrigo Duran, and Bruno Sainte-Rose

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