Surface fluxes in the North Atlantic current during CATCH/FASTEX

• Published in: Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
• Main Authors: Eymard, L, Caniaux, G, Dupuis, H, Prieur, L, Giordani, H, Troadec, R, Bessemoulin, P, Lachaud, G, Bouhours, G, Bourras, D, Guerin, C, Le Borgne, P, Brisson, A, Marsouin, A
• Other Authors: Laboratoire d'océanographie de Villefranche (LOV), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de la Mer de Villefranche (IMEV), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 1999
• Subjects: [SDU.STU.OC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Oceanography; Lair; Newfoundland; north atlantic current; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-03284898; https://doi.org/10.1256/smsqj.56119

CATCH (Couplage avec 1' Atmosphere en Conditions Hivernales) was the oceanic component of FASTEX (Fronts and Atlantic Storm-Track EXperiment). It took place in January and February 1997, in the Newfoundland Basin near 47 degrees N, 40 degrees W, a region characterized by the presence of the war...