We analyse the trajectories of 24 deep#x2010;drogued, satellite#x2010;tracked drifters launched between 50 and 52#xB0;N in the northeast Pacific during June and October 1987. Three aspects of the observed motions at the drogue depths of 100 to 120 m are studied: (i) the spatial structure of the mean and variance velocity fields; (ii) the dispersion and eddy diffusion characteristics of the fluctuating motions; and (iii) the properties of selected mesoscale eddies.
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