Abstract: New dynamical systems techniques are used to analyze fluid particle paths in an eddy resolving, barotropic ocean model of the Gulf Stream. Specifically, the existence of finite-time invariant manifolds associated with ...

Abstract: A basin-scale, reduced-gravity model is used to study how drifter launch strategies affect the accuracy of Eulerian velocity fields reconstructed from limited Lagrangian data. Optimal dispersion launch sites are found by ...

Abstract: A single-layer, reduced-gravity, double-gyre primitive equation model in a 2000 km ? 2000 km square domain is used to test the accuracy and sensitivity of time-dependent Eulerian velocity fields reconstructed from numerically ...

Abstract: AbstractThe Lagrangian Submesoscale Experiment (LASER) was designed to study surface flows during winter conditions in the northern Gulf of Mexico. More than 1000 mostly biodegradable drifters were launched. The drifters ...