Lagrangian eddies in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean

Qiu HE; Fenglin TIAN; Xiaokun YANG; Ge CHEN

doi:10.1007/s00343-021-0392-7

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Lagrangian eddies in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean

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- Lagrangian eddies in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean
- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology Vol. 40, Issue 1, Pages: 66-77(2022)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Department of Marine Technology, College of Information Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
  2.Laboratory for Regional Oceanography and Numerical Modeling, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), Qingdao 266237, China
  3.Key Laboratory of Urban Land Resources Monitoring and Simulation, Ministry of Natural Resources, Shenzhen 518034, China
- Author bio：
  
  Ge CHEN, E-mail: gechen@ouc.edu.cn
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1007/s00343-021-0392-7
  CLC：
- Received：16 October 2020，
  
  Accepted：23 November 2020，
  
  Online First：09 January 2021，
  
  Published：2022-01
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Qiu HE, Fenglin TIAN, Xiaokun YANG, et al. Lagrangian eddies in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean[J]. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2022, 40(1): 66-77.
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Qiu HE, Fenglin TIAN, Xiaokun YANG, et al. Lagrangian eddies in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean[J]. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2022, 40(1): 66-77. DOI： 10.1007/s00343-021-0392-7.

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The Lagrangian eddies in the western Pacific Ocean are identified and analysed based on Maps of Sea Level Anomaly (MSLA) data from 1998 to 2018. By calculating the Lagrangian eddy advected by the AVISO velocity field

we analyzed the variations in Lagrangian eddies and the average transport effects on different time scales. By introducing the Niño coefficient

the lag response of the Lagrangian eddy to El Niño is found. These data are helpful to further explore the role of mesoscale eddies in ocean energy transfer. Through normalized chlorophyll data

we observed chlorophyll aggregation and hole effects caused by Lagrangian eddies. These findings demonstrate the important role of Lagrangian eddies in material transport. The transportation volume of the Lagrangian eddy is calculated quantitatively

and several major transport routes have been identified

which helps us to more accurately and objectively estimate the transport capacity of Lagrangian eddies in the western Pacific Ocean.

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