@article{fdi:010087073,
  title = {{O}bservations of the {U}shant tidal front in september 2007},
  author = {{L}e {B}oyer, {A}. and {C}ambon, {G}ildas and {D}aniault, {N}. and {H}erbette, {S}. and {L}e {C}ann, {B}. and {M}ari{\'e}, {L}. and {M}orin, {P}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he {U}shant tidal front is the dominant feature of the summer season hydrological structure of the {I}roise {S}ea. {I}t separates tidally mixed coastal waters from thermally stratified open {C}eltic {S}ea waters. {T}his article reports on observations made in {S}eptember 2007 during two short cruises that took place aboard {R}/{V} '{C}{\^o}tes de la {M}anche', and gives a general account of the physical structure of the front along one cross-frontal transect. {T}he data set comprises data from a 4 month {ADCP} mooring, short {CTD}/fluorescence/nutrients transects, {L}agrangian drifter trajectories, and {HF} radar surface current measurements. {O}ne finding is that the surface and bottom fronts, being affected by different dynamical influences, are not necessarily coincident in the vertical. {T}his entails that the opposite density gradients located above and below the thermocline depth do not necessarily compensate, and can each be associated with a significant surface geostrophic expression. {A} second finding is that mixing effects bear a very strong influence on the thermal structure of the warm-water intrusions associated with frontal cyclonic eddies of the kind described by {P}ingree [1978. {C}yclonic eddies and cross-frontal mixing. {J}ournal of the {M}arine {B}iological {A}ssociation of the {U}nited {K}ingdom 58 (4), 955-963].},
  keywords = {{FRANCE} ; {OUESSANT} {ILE} ; {IROISE} {MER}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{C}ontinental {S}helf {R}esearch},
  volume = {29},
  numero = {8},
  pages = {1026--1037},
  ISSN = {0278-4343},
  year = {2009},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.csr.2008.12.020},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010087073},
}