The structure of the Black Sea mesoscale eddies from the numerical modeling with various spatial resolution

Abstract

Abstract The paper is based on the numerical modeling results and investigates the dynamics of the Batumi vertical structure of anti-cyclonic eddy. In the autumn-winter period, the Batumi Eddy intensifies; in the spring-summer period, the eddy weakens. In the calculation with a higher resolution, the eddy dynamics is more pronounced in comparison with the calculation with a low spatial resolution. The vertical structure of the Batumi Eddy was determined for temperature fields, current velocity and salinity.