FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI A Software Package and Hardware Tools for in situ Experiments in a Lagrangian Reference Frame BT AF DOGLIOLI, Andrea NENCIOLI, Francesco PETRENKO, Anne ROUGIER, Gilles FUDA, Jean-Luc GRIMA, Nicolas AS 1:1,2;2:1,2;3:1,2;4:1,2;5:3;6:4; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:; C1 Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Mediterranean Inst Oceanog, INSU,IRD,UM 110, F-13288 Marseille 9, France. Univ Sud Toulon Var, CNRS, INSU, IRD,Mediterranean Inst Oceanog,UM 110, La Garde, France. IRD, IMAGO US191, Noumea, New Caledonia. CNRS IFREMER IRD UBO, Lab Phys Oceans, UMR 6523, Brest, France. C2 UNIV AIX MARSEILLE, FRANCE UNIV TOULON, FRANCE IRD, FRANCE CNRS, FRANCE IF 1.82 TC 12 TU Aix-Marseille université Centre national de la recherche scientifique Institut de recherche pour le développement Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer Université de Bretagne Occidentale Université du Sud Toulon - Var UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00155/26590/24719.pdf LA English DT Article CR LATEX 2010 LATEX00 LATEX08 LATEX09 LATEX10 LATEX10 BO Le Suroît Téthys II DE ;Dispersion;Lagrangian circulation;transport;Ship observations;Tracers;Experimental design;Software AB The Lagrangian Transport Experiment (LATEX) was developed to study the influence of coupled physical and biogeochemical dynamics at the meso- and submesoscales on the transfers of matter and heat between the coastal zone and the open ocean. One of the goals of the Latex10 field experiment, conducted during September 2010 in the Gulf of Lion (northwest Mediterranean), was to mark a dynamical mesoscale feature by releasing a passive tracer [sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)] together with an array of Lagrangian buoys. The goal was to release the tracer in an initial patch as homogeneous as possible in the horizontal, and to study its turbulent mixing and dispersion while minimizing the contribution due to advection. For that, it was necessary to continuously adjust the vessel route in order to remain as closely as possible in the Lagrangian reference frame moving with the investigated mesoscale structure. To accomplish this task, a methodology and software were developed, which are presented here. The software is equipped with a series of graphical and user-friendly accessories and the entire package for MATLAB can be freely downloaded (). PY 2013 PD AUG SO Journal Of Atmospheric And Oceanic Technology SN 0739-0572 PU Amer Meteorological Soc VL 30 IS 8 UT 000323638000025 BP 1940 EP 1950 DI 10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00183.1 ID 26590 ER EF