TY - JOUR
T1 - HyMeX-SOP2: The Field Campaign Dedicated to Dense Water Formation in the Northwestern Mediterranean
AU - Estournel, Claude
AU - Testor, Pierre
AU - Taupier-Letage, Isabelle
AU - Bouin, Marie-Noelle
AU - Coppola, Laurent
AU - Durand, Pierre
AU - Conan, Pascal
AU - Bosse, Anthony
AU - Brilouet, Pierre-Etienne
AU - Beguery, Laurent
AU - Belamari, Sophie
AU - Béranger, Karine
AU - Beuvier, Jonathan
AU - Bourras, Denis
AU - Canut, Guylaine
AU - Doerenbecher, Alexis
AU - Durrieu de Madron, Xavier
AU - D'Ortenzio, Fabrizio
AU - Drobinski, Philippe
AU - Ducrocq, Véronique
AU - Fourrié, Nadia
AU - Giordani, Hervé
AU - Houpert, Loic
AU - Labatut, Laurent
AU - Lebeaupin Brossier, Cindy
AU - Nuret, Mathieu
AU - Prieur, Louis
AU - Roussot, Odile
AU - Seyfried, Leo
AU - Somot, Samuel
PY - 2016/12/1
Y1 - 2016/12/1
N2 - The HYdrological cycle in the Mediterranean Experiment (HyMeX) Special Observing Period 2 (SOP2, January 27–March 15, 2013) was dedicated to the study of dense water formation in the Gulf of Lion in the northwestern Mediterranean. This paper outlines the deep convection of winter 2012–2013 and the meteorological conditions that produced it. Alternating phases of mixing and restratification are related to periods of high and low heat losses, respectively. High-resolution, realistic, three-dimensional models are essential for assessing the intricacy of buoyancy fluxes, horizontal advection, and convective processes. At the submesoscale, vertical velocities resulting from symmetric instabilities of the density front bounding the convection zone are crucial for ventilating the deep ocean. Finally, concomitant atmospheric and oceanic data extracted from the comprehensive SOP2 data set highlight the rapid, coupled evolution of oceanic and atmospheric boundary layer characteristics during a strong wind event.
AB - The HYdrological cycle in the Mediterranean Experiment (HyMeX) Special Observing Period 2 (SOP2, January 27–March 15, 2013) was dedicated to the study of dense water formation in the Gulf of Lion in the northwestern Mediterranean. This paper outlines the deep convection of winter 2012–2013 and the meteorological conditions that produced it. Alternating phases of mixing and restratification are related to periods of high and low heat losses, respectively. High-resolution, realistic, three-dimensional models are essential for assessing the intricacy of buoyancy fluxes, horizontal advection, and convective processes. At the submesoscale, vertical velocities resulting from symmetric instabilities of the density front bounding the convection zone are crucial for ventilating the deep ocean. Finally, concomitant atmospheric and oceanic data extracted from the comprehensive SOP2 data set highlight the rapid, coupled evolution of oceanic and atmospheric boundary layer characteristics during a strong wind event.
U2 - 10.5670/oceanog.2016.94
DO - 10.5670/oceanog.2016.94
M3 - Article
VL - 29
SP - 196
EP - 206
JO - Oceanography
JF - Oceanography
IS - 4
ER -