The FETCH experiment: An overview

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Read Full Article (file size: 634672 bytes) Cited by JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, VOL. 108, NO. C3, 8053, doi:10.1029/2001JC001202, 2003 The FETCH experiment: An overview D. Hauser Centre d'Etude des Environnements Terrestre et Planétaires (CETP)/Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)/University of Versailles, Paris, France H. Branger IRPHE/Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)/University of Marseille, Marseille, France S. Bouffies-Cloché Centre d'Etude des Environnements Terrestre et Planétaires (CETP)/Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)/University of Versailles, Paris, France S. Despiau LEPI/University of Toulon, La Valette, France W. M. Drennan Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA H. Dupuis DGO/Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)/University of Bordeaux 1, Talence, France P. Durand CNRM/Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)/Météo-France, Toulouse, France X. Durrieu de Madron CEFREM/Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University Paul Sabatier, Perpignan, France C. Estournel Laboratoire d'Aérologie/Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France L. Eymard Centre d'Etude des Environnements Terrestre et Planétaires (CETP)/Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)/University of Versailles, Paris, France C. Flamant Service d'Aéronomie/Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)/University of Paris 6, Paris, France H. C. Graber Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA C. Guérin Centre d'Etude des Environnements Terrestre et Planétaires (CETP)/Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)/University of Versailles, Paris, France K. Kahma Finnish Institute of Marine Research, Helsinki, Finland G. Lachaud CNRM/Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)/Météo-France, Toulouse, France J.-M. Lefèvre Marine Forecast Service/Météo-France, Toulouse, France J. Pelon Service d'Aéronomie/Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)/University of Paris 6, Paris, France H. Pettersson Finnish Institute of Marine Research, Helsinki, Finland B. Piguet CNRM/Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)/Météo-France, Toulouse, France P. Queffeulou IFREMER, Brest, France D. Tailliez LPCM/Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)/University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, Villefranche sur Mer, France J. Tournadre IFREMER, Brest, France A. Weill Centre d'Etude des Environnements Terrestre et Planétaires (CETP)/Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)/University of Versailles, Paris, France Abstract The “flux, etat de la mer, et télédétection en conditions de fetch variable” (FETCH) was aimed at studying the physical processes associated with air–sea exchanges and mesoscale oceanic circulation in a coastal region dominated by frequent strong offshore winds. The experiment took place in March–April 1998 in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea (Gulf of Lion). Observations were collected with the R/V L'Atalante, with an air–sea interaction spar (ASIS) buoy, with waverider buoys, and with research aircraft equipped for in situ and remote sensing measurements. The present paper is an introduction to the following special section, which groups 12 papers (including this one) presenting results on turbulent flux measurements at the ocean surface, on the behavior of the marine atmospheric boundary layer, on the ocean waves characteristics, on the ocean circulation, and on remote sensing of surface parameters. This overview presents the background and objectives of FETCH, the experimental setup and operations, and the dominant atmospheric and oceanic conditions and introduces the different papers of the special section. Published 13 February 2003. Index Terms: 3307 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Boundary layer processes; 3339 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Ocean/atmosphere interactions (0312, 4504); 3360 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Remote sensing; 4219 Oceanography: General: Continental shelf processes; 4255 Oceanography: General: Numerical modeling. Read Full Article (file size: 634672 bytes) Cited by Citation: Hauser, D., et al. (2003), The FETCH experiment: An overview, J. Geophys. Res., 108(C3), 8053, doi:10.1029/2001JC001202. Copyright 2003 by the American Geophysical Union.

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