Dissipative inertial transport patterns near coherent Lagrangian eddies in the ocean

Chaos

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Beron Vera, Francisco J ^a   Olascoaga, María J ^a   Haller, George ^b   Farazmand, Mohammad ^b   Triñanes, Joaquín ^a,c,d   Wang, Yan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

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EID: 84939865644     PISSN: 10541500     EISSN: 10897682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4928693     Document Type: Article

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