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Therefore, HF coastal radar were and are successfully used to accurately identify, track and describe them. In this paper we tested two already existing algorithms for the automated detection of submesoscale eddies. We applied these algorithms to HF radar velocity fields measured by a network of three radar systems operating in the Gulf of Naples. Both methods showed shortcomings, due to the high non-geostrophy of the observed currents. For this reason we developed a third, novel algorithm that proved to be able to detect highly asymmetrical eddies, often not properly identified by the previous ones. We used the results of the application of this algorithm to estimate the eddy boundary profiles and the eddy spatial distribution.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs12010097","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,12,27]],"date-time":"2019-12-27T11:42:47Z","timestamp":1577446967000},"page":"97","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["Eddy Detection in HF Radar-Derived Surface Currents in the Gulf of Naples"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1352-3065","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Leonardo","family":"Bagaglini","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate- National Research Council (ISAC-CNR), 00133 Roma, Italy"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5130-5440","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Pierpaolo","family":"Falco","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope and CoNISMa, 80143 Napoli, Italy"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5474-7466","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Enrico","family":"Zambianchi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope and CoNISMa, 80143 Napoli, Italy"},{"name":"Institute of Marine Sciences\u2013National Research Council (ISMAR-CNR), 00133 Roma, Italy"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,12,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Cushman-Roisin, B., Gualtieri, C., and Mihailovic, D.T. 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