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TI A review of the LATEX project: mesoscale to submesoscale processes in a coastal environment
BT 
AF PETRENKO, Anne A.
   DOGLIOLI, Andrea M.
   NENCIOLI, Francesco
   KERSALE, Marion
   HU, Ziyuan
   D'OVIDIO, Francesco
AS 1:1;2:1;3:2;4:3;5:4;6:5;
FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;
C1 Univ Toulon & Var, Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, IRD,MIO, Marseille, France.
   Plymouth Marine Lab, Remote Sensing Grp, Plymouth, Devon, England.
   Univ Cape Town, Marine Res Inst, Dept Oceanog, Rondebosch, South Africa.
   Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Oceanol, Jiaozhou Bay Marine Ecosyst Res Stn, Qingdao, Peoples R China.
   Sorbonne Univ, UPMC Paris 6, CNRS, IRD,MNHN,LOCEAN,IPSL, Paris, France.
C2 UNIV AIX MARSEILLE, FRANCE
   PML, UK
   UNIV CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
   CHINESE ACAD SCI, CHINA
   UNIV PARIS 06, FRANCE
IF 1.575
TC 26
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00472/58351/83608.pdf
LA English
DT Article
CR LATEX
   MD 188 / KEOPS 2
   OSCAHR
   OUTPACE
   PEACETIME
   STRASSE
BO Marion Dufresne
   Téthys II
   L'Atalante
   Pourquoi pas ?
   Thalassa
DE ;Mesoscale;Submesoscale;Lagrangian;Gulf of Lion;Northwestern mediterranean sea;Cross shelf flux
AB The main objective of the LAgrangian Transport EXperiment (LATEX) project was to study the influence of coastal mesoscale and submesoscale physical processes on circulation dynamics, cross-shelf exchanges, and biogeochemistry in the western continental shelf of the Gulf of Lion, Northwestern Mediterranean Sea. LATEX was a five-year multidisciplinary project based on the combined analysis of numerical model simulations and multi-platform field experiments. The model component included a ten year realistic 3D numerical simulation, with a 1 km hor-izontal resolution over the gulf, nested in a coarser 3 km resolution model. The in situ component involved four cruises, including a large-scale multidisciplinary campaign with two research vessels in 2010. This review concentrates on the physics results of LATEX, addressing three main subjects: (1) the investigation of the mesoscale to submesoscale processes. The eddies are elliptic, baroclinic, and anticyclonic; the strong thermal and saline front is density compensated. Their generation processes are studied; (2) the development of sampling strategies for their direct observations. LATEX has implemented an adaptive strategy Lagrangian tool, with a reference software available on the web, to perform offshore campaigns in a Lagrangian framework; (3) the quantification of horizontal mixing and cross-shelf exchanges. Lateral diffusivity coefficients, calculated in various ways including a novel technique, are in the range classically encountered for their associated scales. Cross-shelf fluxes have been calculated, after retrieving the near-inertial oscillation contribution. Further perspectives are discussed, especially for the ongoing challenge of studying submesoscale features remotely and from in situ data. 
PY 2017
PD APR
SO Ocean Dynamics
SN 1616-7341
PU Springer Heidelberg
VL 67
IS 3-4
UT 000398103800012
BP 513
EP 533
DI 10.1007/s10236-017-1040-9
ID 58351
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