Nonlinear Dynamics Insights into Golden Tides in the Caribbean Sea

Explore nonlinear dynamics insights into "golden tides" in the Caribbean Sea through this 35-minute conference talk by Francisco Javier Beron-Vera. Delivered as part of the Thematic Programme on "The Dynamics of Planetary-scale Fluid Flows" at the Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematics and Physics (ESI), the presentation delves into the effective carriers of Sargassum in the Caribbean Sea and describes a mechanism for coastal choking. Discover how satellite altimetry reveals mesoscale eddies with coherent material boundaries as the primary carriers of Sargassum. Learn about the mathematical abstraction of Sargassum rafts as networks of elastically connected finite-size buoyant or "inertial" particles dragged by ocean currents and winds. Gain insights into the mechanism of coastal inundation, identified using a minimal model of surface-intensified Caribbean Sea eddies, which involves thermal instability in the presence of bottom topography.

Francisco Javier Beron-Vera - Nonlinear dynamics insights into ``golden tides'' in the Caribbean Sea