Articles | Volume 12, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-1249-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-1249-2016
Research article
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02 Dec 2016
Research article |  | 02 Dec 2016

GEM: a dynamic tracking model for mesoscale eddies in the ocean

Qiu-Yang Li, Liang Sun, and Sheng-Fu Lin

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The Genealogical Evolution Model (GEM) is an efficient logical model used to track dynamic evolution of mesoscale eddies in the ocean. It can distinguish different dynamic processes (e.g., merging and splitting) within a dynamic evolution pattern with a two-dimensional vector. All of the computational steps are linear and do not include iteration. It is very fast and is potentially useful for studying dynamic processes in other related fields, e.g., the dynamics of cyclones in meteorology.