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In view of the above problems, this paper constructs a mesoscale eddy automatic identification and positioning network\u2014OEDNet\u2014based on an object detection network. Firstly, 2D image processing technology is used to enhance the data of a small number of accurate eddy samples annotated by marine experts to generate the train set. Then, the object detection model with a deep residual network, and a feature pyramid network as the main structure, is designed and optimized for small samples and complex regions in the mesoscale eddies of the ocean. Experimental results show that the model achieves better recognition compared to the traditional detection method and exhibits a good generalization ability in different sea areas.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs11161921","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,8,19]],"date-time":"2019-08-19T06:10:14Z","timestamp":1566195014000},"page":"1921","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":74,"title":["Oceanic Mesoscale Eddy Detection Method Based on Deep Learning"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2317-8034","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Zijun","family":"Duo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of computer science, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China"}]},{"given":"Wenke","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Meteorology &amp; Oceanography, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China"}]},{"given":"Huizan","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Meteorology &amp; Oceanography, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,8,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"728","DOI":"10.1175\/1520-0485(1986)016<0728:EHFITS>2.0.CO;2","article-title":"Eddy heat flux in the subtropical North Pacific","volume":"16","author":"Bennett","year":"1986","journal-title":"J. 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