Extraction of coherent eddy properties from individual particle trajectories, with application to the Gulf of Mexico

Jonathan M Lilly1, Paula Perez-Brunius2, Julio Sheinbaum2, Jorge Zavala-Hidalgo3, Julien Jouanno4, Joao Marcos Souza5, Sheila Natali Estrada-Allis6 and Jeffrey J Early7, (1)Theiss Research, La Jolla, CA, United States, (2)CICESE, Physical Oceanography, Ensenada, BJ, Mexico, (3)Univ Nacional Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City, EM, Mexico, (4)Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Laboratoire d'Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales (LEGOS), Toulouse, France, (5)New Zealand Meteorological Service (MetService), MetOcean Division, Raglan, New Zealand, (6)Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education at Ensenada, Physical Oceanography, Ensenada, BJ, Mexico, (7)NorthWest Research Associates, Seattle, United States
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