title: Structure and Kinematics of Synoptic Eddies in the Ocean: Theory and Modern Observations
abstract: Purpose. Assessment of general ideas about the character of mesoscale processes in the ocean which came out from the results of the experiment at the POLYMODE polygon, and quantitative verification of the previously developed model of intense eddies from the viewpoint of new data on the eddy characteristics in the open ocean obtained from the satellite altimetry observations constitute the aim of the article. Methods and Results. Comparison of the characteristic features of mesoscale variability
journal: Physical Oceanography