COHERENS
Rhone simulations
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A series of simulations is performed in the frame of the MAST3-MAUVE
project. The figures show the plume of the Rhone in the absence of
wind and for two different wind directions. In the first case a
surface layer of fresh water with a thickness of ~5 m turns
anticyclonically around a central bulge, then deflects towards the
coast where it takes the form of a buoyancy-driven coastal jet. A
northwesterly (Mistral) wind deflects the plume seawards with a
tendency of coastal detachment, whereas a southwesterly wind confines
the plume to the coast and strengthens the coastal current. The
results are in qualitative agreement with satellite data and in situ
measurements.
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