Articles | Volume 24, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-24-293-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-24-293-2017
Research article
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29 Jun 2017
Research article |  | 29 Jun 2017

Modeling the dynamical sinking of biogenic particles in oceanic flow

Pedro Monroy, Emilio Hernández-García, Vincent Rossi, and Cristóbal López

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AR by Pedro Monroy on behalf of the Authors (30 Mar 2017)  Author's response    Manuscript
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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by Editor) (01 May 2017) by Vicente Perez-Munuzuri
AR by Pedro Monroy on behalf of the Authors (11 May 2017)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (11 May 2017) by Vicente Perez-Munuzuri
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We study the problem of sinking particles in a realistic oceanic flow, with major energetic structures in the mesoscale, focussing on marine biogenic particles. By using a simplified equation of motion for small particles in a mesoscale velocity field, we estimate the influence of physical processes such as the Coriolis force and the particle's inertia, and we conclude that they represent negligible corrections to passive transport by the flow, with added vertical velocity due to gravity.