Project Title and Description
North-Western Mediterranean circulation study: flow interaction between the Northern Current and the coastal circulation in the Gulf of lion and the Côte d’Azur Region .
A North-Western Mediterranean circulation integrated study is developed, focusing on the interaction between the Northern Current (NC), a major actor of the circulation dynamics in this region, and coastal areas namely the Côte d'Azur and the Gulf of Lion. Short to medium scale processes are studied, mostly transient coastal eddies impact and NC meanders instabilities both affecting coast-offshore water mass exchanges.
The numerical modelling is conducted using the NEMO-OPA9 code configured for the Gulf of Lion and the Côte d'Azur region, with a 1/64° resolution. The model is forced with realistic atmospheric fluxes.
A North-Western Mediterranean circulation integrated study is developed, focusing on the interaction between the Northern Current (NC), a major actor of the circulation dynamics in this region, and coastal areas namely the Côte d'Azur and the Gulf of Lion. Short to medium scale processes are studied, mostly transient coastal eddies impact and NC meanders instabilities both affecting coast-offshore water mass exchanges.
The numerical modelling is conducted using the NEMO-OPA9 code configured for the Gulf of Lion and the Côte d'Azur region, with a 1/64° resolution. The model is forced with realistic atmospheric fluxes.
Institution(s) Name and Adress
LSEET - UMR6017
CNRS & Université du SUD-TOULON-VAR
83957 LA GARDE CEDEX
CNRS & Université du SUD-TOULON-VAR
83957 LA GARDE CEDEX
Participants (name, phone, email)
Yann Ourmières
Anne Molcard
Bruno Zakardjian
Karen Guihou
Philippe Forget
Philippe Fraunié
Clothilde Langlais
Anne Molcard
Bruno Zakardjian
Karen Guihou
Philippe Forget
Philippe Fraunié
Clothilde Langlais
Plateform (type, IP adress)
IDRIS : IBM power 6 (Vargas)
End date (if known)
Configuration(s) used
Use of DRAKKAR configuration manage; Original Configuration Name : GLAZUR64
Other (web page, other info)
Keywords (visible in "Tag Cloud", comma separated)
Mediterranean circulation, Northern Current, mesoscale meanders, coast-offshore water mass exchanges