LCR detachment/pinch-off in the GoM :
Saddle Region In the Temperature Field.
Saddle Region In the Geopotential Field.
Transport barriers within the LCR detachment region
Plots of backward and forward
trajectories.
Plots of backward and forward
Streamlines.
Plots of backward and forward
Streamlines overlaid on top of the FTLE field.
A movie of
Streamlines (forward) overlaid on top of the FTLE for the period 5/1/2010 -- 7/31/2010.