Publisher: Direction – Updated on 22/03/2021
The atmosphere links many of the interests pursued at LEGOS. The scientific questions we study are conditioned by the dynamics and physics of the atmosphere in a number of ways.
- Forcing and coupling:
Wind stress forces and couples with surface currents and surface waves, driving to the large scale circulation and contributing to its variability at a variety of scales, from river estuaries and upwelling zones to global sea level changes. Surface fluxes and radiative transfer are important for ocean mixing, biogeochemical cycles and climate studies.
- The hydrological cycle:
The transport of water in the atmosphere provides the fundamental link between marine science and continental hydrology, and is also a determining factor for ocean salinity. The continental water budget is driven by large scale flow, and by the displacement of rain-bearing convective systems, monitored by satellite.
- Atmospheric dynamics:
The convective and dynamical response of the atmosphere to changing sea surface temperatures is an essential element of climate variability on a range of time scales.
Research Team
DYNOTROP: DYNamics of TROPical Oceans
ECOLA: Open Sea – Coasts Exchanges
EMC2: Energy, Mass and Climate Change
MOANA : Multiscale Ocean Atmosphere
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