Title :
Monitoring of Surface Ocean Circulation in the Gulf of Lions (North-West Mediterranean Sea) Using WERA HF Radars
Author :
Forget, P. ; Barbin, Y. ; André, G.
Author_Institution :
LSEET, Univ. du Sud ToulonVar, La Garde
Abstract :
This paper presents the main results obtained by a long term experiment using HF radars which was conducted in the eastern part of the Gulf of Lions. The analysis focuses on statistical observations of the North Current, a large scale current vein occurring in the North of the Western Mediterranean, of current motions at diurnal and quasi-inertial periods and of submeso-mesoscale eddies. The study uses high resolution modellings of wind and current fields.
Keywords :
HF radio propagation; marine radar; oceanographic regions; remote sensing by radar; wind; Gulf of Lions; North Current; WERA HF radar; bathymetry; high resolution model; large scale eddy current vein; northwest Mediterranean Sea; quasi-inertial period; statistical observation; submeso-mesoscale eddy; surface ocean circulation; wind; Hafnium; Monitoring; Oceans; Radar; Sea surface; Gulf of Lions; HF radar; WERA;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2008. IGARSS 2008. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2807-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2808-3
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4778872
