Accession Number:

ADA534077

Title:

Coastal Ocean Circulation Experiment off Senegal (COCES)

Descriptive Note:

Annual rept.

Corporate Author:

ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE SGONICO (ITALY)

Personal Author(s):

• Poulain, Pierre-Marie

Report Date:

2008-09-30

Pagination or Media Count:

4.0

Abstract:

To investigate the dynamics of coastal areas dominated by buoyancy input and wind forcing, influenced by complex topography and interacting with the deep ocean. To improve the understanding of coastal marine environmental evolution, with particular emphasis on eddy dynamics.

Descriptors:

• *WEST AFRICA
• *COASTAL REGIONS
• *OCEAN CURRENTS
• WIND
• EDDIES(FLUID MECHANICS)
• ITALY
• TROPICAL REGIONS
• STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
• CIRCULATION
• EDDY CURRENTS
• BUOYANCY
• LAGRANGIAN FUNCTIONS
• UPWELLING
• OCEAN SURFACE
• SATELLITE IMAGERY
• THERMAL PROPERTIES
• EQUATORIAL REGIONS

Subject Categories:

• Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
• Fluid Mechanics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE