Lagrangian characterization of surface transport from the Equatorial Atlantic to the Caribbean Sea using climatological Lagrangian Coherent Structures and Self-Organizing Maps

Ma. Eugenia Allende-Arandía1, Rodrigo Duran2,3, Laura Sanvicente-Añorve4, Christian M. Appendini1,*1Laboratorio de Ingeniería y Procesos Costeros, Instituto de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Puerto de abrigo s/n, Sisal, Yucatán 97356, México2National Energy Technology Laboratory, United States Department of Energy, Albany OR, United States.3Theiss Research, La Jolla, CA, United States4Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, C.P. 04510.Corresponding author: Christian M. Appendini (cappendinia@iingen.unam.mx )