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We present the results of the investigation of the hydrodynamical regime of the coastal zone off Tuapse. We identified the spatial and temporal scales of the dynamic inhomogeneities. The intensity of the vertical component of the relative vorticity and its distribution in the waters of the coastal zone are estimated. We demonstrate that the effects found in the distributions of the relative vortex’s intensity and its orientation are able to lead to the formation of blocking water in marine coastal zones or, inversely, to prompt the ventilation of these waters. Based on the multidimensional statistical analysis, the relationship of the relative eddy distribution and the dynamical topography of the coastal waters was revealed which simplifies the problem of the blocking or ventilation of the coastal waters.
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Original Russian Text © L.N. Karlin, V.Yu. Chantsev, A.V. Danshina, 2013, published in Okeanologiya, 2013, Vol. 53, No. 3, pp. 313–323.
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Karlin, L.N., Chantsev, V.Y. & Danshina, A.V. Short-term instability of the coastal waters off Tuapse. Oceanology 53, 277–286 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001437013030053
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