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Buoyant, finite-size or inertial particle motion is fundamentally unlikeneutrally buoyant, infinitesimally small or Lagrangian particle motion. Thede-jure fluid mechanics framework for the description of inertial particledynamics is provided by the Maxey-Riley equation. Derived from first principles- a result of over a century of research since the pioneering work by SirGeorge Stokes - the Maxey-Riley equation is a Newton-type-law with severalforces including (mainly) flow, added mass, shear-induced lift, and dragforces. In this paper we present an overview of recent efforts to port theMaxey-Riley framework to oceanography. These involved: 1) including theCoriolis force, which was found to explain behavior of submerged floats nearmesoscale eddies; 2) accounting for the combined effects of ocean current andwind drag on inertial particles floating at the air-sea interface, which helpedunderstand the formation of great garbage patches and the role of anticycloniceddies as plastic debris traps; and 3) incorporating elastic forces, which areneeded to simulate the drift of pelagic Sargassum. Insight on the nonlineardynamics of inertial particles in every case was possible to be achieved byinvestigating long-time asymptotic behavior in the various Maxey-Riley equationforms, which represent singular perturbation problems involving slow and fastvariables.

Nonlinear dynamics of inertial particles in the ocean: From drifters and floats to marine debris and Sargassum