Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
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Articles | Volume 27, issue 4
Articles | Volume 27, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-27-501-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-27-501-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 27, issue 4
Research article
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14 Nov 2020
Research article |  | 14 Nov 2020

Detecting flow features in scarce trajectory data using networks derived from symbolic itineraries: an application to surface drifters in the North Atlantic

David Wichmann, Christian Kehl, Henk A. Dijkstra, and Erik van Sebille

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The surface transport of heat, nutrients and plastic in the North Atlantic Ocean is organized into large-scale flow structures. We propose a new and simple method to detect such features in ocean drifter data sets by identifying groups of trajectories with similar dynamical behaviour using network theory. We successfully detect well-known regions such as the Subpolar and Subtropical gyres, the Western Boundary Current region and the Caribbean Sea.
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