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Sub-Mesoscale Eddy

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-027118

A reverse current with rotational movement created when fluid flows past an obstacle. Sub-mesoscale eddies are of size scale smaller than 20 kilometers.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-027118
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesFederal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-027118",
  "term": "Sub-Mesoscale Eddy",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "A reverse current with rotational movement created when fluid flows past an obstacle. Sub-mesoscale eddies are of size scale smaller than 20 kilometers.",
  "references": [
    "Federal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/sub-mesoscale-eddy/"
}

Record 27,118 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.