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Background Mesoscale Field

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-002634

A water mass characterized by organized ocean-surface currents formed by coupled eddies (at the mesoscale length scale); responsible for much of water movement on the ocean surface.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-002634
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesFederal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-002634",
  "term": "Background Mesoscale Field",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "A water mass characterized by organized ocean-surface currents formed by coupled eddies (at the mesoscale length scale); responsible for much of water movement on the ocean surface.",
  "references": [
    "Federal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/background-mesoscale-field/"
}

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