Float trajectories are simulated using Lagrangian particle tracking software and eddy‐permitting ocean model output from the Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean, Phase II (ECCO2) project. We find that Argo‐like particles near strong mean flows tend to accelerate while at their parking depth. This effect is pronounced in western boundary current regions and in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current system. The acceleration is associated with eddy‐mean flow interactions: Eddies converge particles toward regions with stronger mean currents. Particles do not accelerate when they are advected by the eddy or mean flow alone. During a 9‐day parking period, speed increases induced by the eddy‐mean flow interactions can be as large as 2 cm s
- PAR ID:
- 10406628
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
- Volume:
- 40
- Issue:
- 3
- ISSN:
- 0739-0572
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 361 to 374
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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