Sea turtle dispersion in a high-resolution ocean model (IMAGE)

National Center for Atmospheric Research/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Sea turtle dispersion in a high-resolution ocean model

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An animation depicting how baby sea turtles likely disperse from a nesting site in Japan into the open ocean. The "turtles" are green particles in this simulation, which was run using a high-resolution version of the NCAR-based Community Earth System Model.

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Cheryl Harrison

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