Influence of eddies on vertical transport and nutrients in subtropical gyres

The presence of large-scale Ekman pumping associated with the climatological wind-stress curl is the textbook explanation for low biological activity in the subtropical gyres. Using an idealised model it is shown that Eulerian-mean Ekman pumping may be opposed by an eddy-driven circulation, analogou...

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Main Author: Doddridge, Edward
Other Authors: Marshall, David
Published: University of Oxford 2016
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.730133