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Filamentogenesis and Filamentolysis of a Low-Density Filament: Dynamic Processes in the Near-Surface Ocean Under Tidal Forcing
Michelle Albinus
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Carl von Ossietzky Universität, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, Marine Sensorsystems, Oldenburg, Germany
Thomas H. Badewien
Carl von Ossietzky Universität, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, Marine Sensorsystems, Oldenburg, Germany
Lisa Gassen
Carl von Ossietzky Universität, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, Processing and Sensing of Marine Interfaces, Oldenburg, Germany
Oliver Wurl
Carl von Ossietzky Universität, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, Processing and Sensing of Marine Interfaces, Oldenburg, Germany
Jens Meyerjürgens
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Carl von Ossietzky Universität, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, Marine Sensorsystems, Oldenburg, Germany
German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute for the Protection of Maritime Infrastructures, Fischkai 1, 27572 Bremerhaven, Germany
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This study reveals the structure and alteration of a narrow freshwater-driven ocean low-density filament and its evolution through tidal modulationa an dlocale filament kinematics. Using multi-platform in situ observations, it is shown that these submesoscale features can rapidly being altered and reshape in near-surface waters, influencing how energy and heat alter just below the ocean-atmosphere interface.
This study reveals the structure and alteration of a narrow freshwater-driven ocean low-density...
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