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Kinematic structure and mesoscale variability of the rim current near the coast of Crimea (according to the data of instrumental measurements in September 2008)

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By using the results of processing of the instrumental data with high space resolution obtained in September 2008, we analyze the structure of the Rim Current in the upper 100-m layer near the coast of Crimea. We determine the statistical characteristics of the mesoscale fluctuations of currents according to the data of 1165 vertical probes. It is shown that the kinetic energy of intense mesoscale perturbations observed in the vicinity of the Rim Current is of the same order of magnitude as the kinetic energy of the mean current.

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    G. F. Dzhiganshin & A. B. Polonsky

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Translated from Morskoi Gidrofizicheskii Zhurnal, No. 1, pp. 25–35, January–February, 2011.

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Dzhiganshin, G.F., Polonsky, A.B. Kinematic structure and mesoscale variability of the rim current near the coast of Crimea (according to the data of instrumental measurements in September 2008). Phys Oceanogr 21, 23–32 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11110-011-9101-y

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