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REMOTE SENSING
卷 15, 期 18, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/rs15184386
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submesoscale eddies; cross-shelf transport; total suspended matter; convergence; eddy transport; coastal zone; Black Sea
High- and medium-resolution satellite optical imagery shows that submesoscale cyclonic eddies can trap coastal waters and induce their rapid cross-shelf transport. This phenomenon may cause intense short-period cross-shelf transport of biological and chemical characteristics in coastal waters, thereby affecting the functioning of marine ecosystems.
High- and medium-resolution satellite optical imagery show that submesoscale cyclonic eddies (SCEs) trap coastal waters and induce their rapid cross-shelf transport. Due to the presence of a rigid boundary, the convergence is observed in the coastal part of SCEs. It causes accumulation of suspended matter, which spins inward in a spiral motion toward the SCE core. Small SCEs with a radius of 1-10 km transport waters with local anomalies in the concentration of chlorophyll, total suspended matter and temperature to a distance of up to 150 km and are observed for more than 10 days. Lagrangian calculations based on realistic NEMO numerical model are used to estimate the fate of the coastal waters in such SCEs. The eddy entrains the largest number of particles during its separation from the coast when its vorticity reaches the maximum. Then, the SCE weakens, which is accompanied by the flattening of initially risen isopycnals and deepening of the trapped coastal waters. The described mechanism shows that coastal SCEs may cause intense short-period cross-shelf transport of the biological and chemical characteristics, and is another process affecting the functioning of the marine ecosystems.
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