FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI The FETCH experiment: An overview - art. no. 8053 BT AF HAUSER, Danièle BRANGER, H BOUFFIES CLOCHE, S DESPIAU, S DRENNAN, W DUPUIS, H DURAND, P DURRIEU DE MADRON, X ESTOURNEL, C EYMARD, L FLAMANT, C GRABER, H GUERIN, C KAHMA, K LACHAUD, G LEFEVRE, J PELON, J PETTERSON, H PIGUET, B QUEFFEULOU, Pierre TAILLIEZ, D TOURNADRE, Jean WEILL, A AS 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:;10:;11:;12:;13:;14:;15:;16:;17:;18:;19:;20:;21:;22:;23:; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:;10:;11:;12:;13:;14:;15:;16:;17:;18:;19:;20:PDG-DRO-DOPS-LOS;21:;22:PDG-DRO-DOPS-LOS;23:; C1 Univ Versailles, CETP, CNRS, Paris, France. Univ Aix Marseille 1, CNRS, IRPHE, Marseille, France. Univ Toulon & Var, LEPI, La Valette, France. Univ Miami, Rosenstiel Sch Marine & Atmospher Sci, Coral Gables, FL 33124 USA. Univ Bordeaux 1, DGO, CNRS, F-33405 Talence, France. CNRS, CNRM, Toulouse, France. Univ Toulouse 3, CEFREM, CNRS, Perpignan, France. Univ Toulouse 3, Lab Aerol, CNRS, F-31062 Toulouse, France. Univ Paris 06, CNRS, Serv Aeron, Paris, France. Finnish Inst Marine Res, Helsinki, Finland. Marine Forecast Serv, Toulouse, France. IFREMER, Brest, France. Univ Nice Sophia Antipolis, LPCM, CNRS, Villefranche Sur Mer, France. C2 UNIV VERSAILLES, FRANCE UNIV AIX MARSEILLE, FRANCE UNIV TOULON & VAR, FRANCE UNIV MIAMI, USA UNIV BORDEAUX, FRANCE CNRS, FRANCE UNIV TOULOUSE, FRANCE UNIV TOULOUSE, FRANCE UNIV PARIS 06, FRANCE FINNISH INST MARINE RES, FINLAND MARINE FORECAST SERV, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE UNIV NICE, FRANCE SI BREST SE PDG-DRO-DOPS-LOS IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 copubli-france copubli-europe copubli-univ-france copubli-int-hors-europe IF 2.992 TC 37 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2003/publication-747.pdf LA English DT Article CR CATCH SOFIA 92 BO Le Suroît DE ;Gulf of Lion;Coastal oceanography;Marine atmospheric boundary layer;Remote sensing;Surface ocean waves;Air/sea interactions AB The "flux, etat de la mer, et tele'de'tection en conditions de fetch variable'' (FETCH) was aimed at studying the physical processes associated with air-sea exchanges and mesoscale oceanic circulation in a coastal region dominated by frequent strong offshore winds. The experiment took place in March-April 1998 in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea (Gulf of Lion). Observations were collected with the R/V L'Atalante, with an air-sea interaction spar (ASIS) buoy, with waverider buoys, and with research aircraft equipped for in situ and remote sensing measurements. The present paper is an introduction to the following special section, which groups 12 papers (including this one) presenting results on turbulent flux measurements at the ocean surface, on the behavior of the marine atmospheric boundary layer, on the ocean waves characteristics, on the ocean circulation, and on remote sensing of surface parameters. This overview presents the background and objectives of FETCH, the experimental setup and operations, and the dominant atmospheric and oceanic conditions and introduces the different papers of the special section. PY 2003 PD FEB SO Journal of Geophysical Union - Research C - Oceans SN 0148-0227 PU American Geophysical Union VL 108 IS C3 UT 000181939300001 DI 10.1029/2001JC001202 ID 747 ER EF