Monitoring of Surface Ocean Circulation in the Gulf of Lions (North-West Mediterranean Sea) Using WERA HF Radars

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.