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PT J
TI Oceanic vortex mergers are not isolated but influenced by the beta-effect and surrounding eddies
BT 
AF DE MAREZ, Charly
   CARTON, Xavier
   L'HEGARET, Pierre
   MEUNIER, Thomas
   STEGNER, Alexandre
   LE VU, Briac
   MORVAN, Mathieu
AS 1:1;2:1;3:1;4:2;5:3;6:3;7:1;
FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;
C1 Univ Brest, Lab Oceanog Phys & Spatiale LOPS, Plouzane, France.
   CICESE, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico.
   Ecole Polytech, CNRS, Lab Meteorol Dynam, Palaiseau, France.
C2 UBO, FRANCE
   CICESE, MEXICO
   ECOLE POLYTECH, FRANCE
UM LOPS
IN WOS Cotutelle UMR
   DOAJ
   copubli-france
   copubli-int-hors-europe
   copubli-sud
IF 4.379
TC 12
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00657/76873/78117.pdf
   https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00657/76873/78118.pdf
LA English
DT Article
AB Oceanic vortices are ubiquitous in the ocean. They dominate the sub-inertial energy spectrum, and their dynamics is key for the evolution of the water column properties. The merger of two like-signed coherent vortices, which ultimately results in the formation of a larger vortex, provides an efficient mechanism for the lateral mixing of water masses in the ocean. Understanding the conditions of such interaction in the ocean is thus essential. Here, we use a merger detection algorithm to draw a global picture of this process in the ocean. We show that vortex mergers are not isolated, contrary to the hypothesis made in most earlier studies. Paradoxically, the merging distance is well reproduced by isolated vortex merger numerical simulations, but it is imperative to consider both the beta -effect and the presence of neighbouring eddies to fully understand the physics of oceanic vortex merger. 
PY 2020
PD FEB
SO Scientific Reports
SN 2045-2322
PU Nature Publishing Group
VL 10
IS 1
UT 000560377500005
DI 10.1038/s41598-020-59800-y
ID 76873
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