We present results from dedicated experiments in the North Atlantic
aimed at observing and quantifying inertial effects in the ocean as well
as from initial testing of a Maxey-Riley model for the drift of pelagic
Sargassum rafts.
Join work with F. J Beron-Vera, P. Miron, J. Trinanes, N. Putman, R. Lumpkin, and G. Goni