ESSIC assistant research scientist Alexey Mishonov published an article in Geophysical Research Letters on decadal patterns of suspended particles in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Ocean. The study found a long-term trend in which high particulate areas occur where the surface water kinetic energy is high. Particulate concentration is very low throughout most of the ocean.
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