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Mesoscale Eddies

Mesoscale Eddies is a type of oceanic circulation feature characterized as a rotating, transient vortex in the ocean, distinguished by its horizontal scale of tens to hundreds of kilometers and its role in transporting heat, momentum, and biogeochemical properties across ocean basins.

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Mesoscale Ocean Eddies

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Global observations of nonlinear mesoscale eddies

Dudley B. Chelton, Michael G. Schlax, R. M. Samelson · Progress In Oceanography · 2011 · 2.6K citations

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Carl Wunsch · Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics · 2003 · 1.5K citations

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Global observations of large oceanic eddies

Dudley B. Chelton, Michael G. Schlax, R. M. Samelson et al. · Geophysical Research Letters · 2007 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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Influence of mesoscale eddies on new production in the Sargasso Sea

Dennis J. McGillicuddy, Allan R. Robinson, David A. Siegel et al. · Nature · 1998 · 1K citations

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On the Existence of Storm-Tracks

Brian J. Hoskins, Paul J. Valdes · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 1990 · 927 citations

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  1. JC
    James C. McWilliams

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    42 publications · 5.8K citations

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    Bo Qiu

    University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, United States

    31 publications · 3.5K citations

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  3. PB
    Pavel Berloff

    Imperial College London, United Kingdom

    21 publications · 1.2K citations

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  4. DP
    David P. Marshall

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    18 publications · 1.8K citations

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    Alexis Chaigneau

    Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, France

    18 publications · 2.1K citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    60 h-index

    563 publications

    51.8K citations

  2. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    56 h-index

    204 publications

    17.1K citations

  3. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

    Marseille, France

    47 h-index

    259 publications

    15.7K citations

  4. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    43 h-index

    121 publications

    14.5K citations

  5. Ocean University of China

    Qingdao, China

    42 h-index

    322 publications

    21K citations

  6. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    41 h-index

    104 publications

    9.2K citations

  7. Ifremer

    Brest, France

    38 h-index

    152 publications

    8.1K citations

  8. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

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    91 publications

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  1. Journal of Physical Oceanography

    355 publications · 26K citations

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  2. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 198 publications · 15.5K citations

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  3. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans

    190 publications · 10.1K citations

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  4. Geophysical Research Letters

    149 publications · 11.4K citations

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  5. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

    101 publications · 7.7K citations

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