Coastal Ocean Circulation Experiment Off Senegal (COCES - II)

• Main Author: Poulain, Pierre-Marie
• Other Authors: ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE SGONICO (ITALY)
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; *NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENT; *WEST AFRICA; DATA MANAGEMENT; NUMERICAL METHODS AND PROCEDURES; OCEAN MODELS; COCES-II(COASTAL OCEAN CIRCULATION EXPERIMENT OFF SENEGAL); NEAR SURFACE CIRCULATION; COASTAL UPWELLING; SVP(SURFACE VELOCITY PROGRAMME); DRIFTERS; north atlantic current; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA590327; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA590327

The long-term goals are to investigate the dynamics of coastal areas dominated by buoyancy input and wind forcing, influenced by complex topography and interacting with the deep ocean and to improve the understanding of coastal marine environmental evolution, with particular emphasis on eddy dynamics. The general objective of COCES-II is to investigate the coastal dynamics off the coast of Senegal, a region strongly dominated by coastal upwelling. Specific goals are: 1. to construct unbiased statistics of near surface circulation; 2. to describe the upwelling circulation features; 3. to simulate the coastal circulation with a numerical model and 4. to train local Senegalese oceanographers (capacity building). COCES-II is the continuation of the COCES project. It aims to consolidate the longer term cooperation between US, European and Senegalese scientists to study the North Atlantic off the West African coast.