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13 - Lagrangian analysis and prediction of coastal and ocean dynamics (LAPCOD)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 September 2009

By
Arthur J. Mariano  and
Edward H. Ryan
Edited by
Annalisa Griffa ,
A. D. Kirwan, Jr. ,
Arthur J. Mariano ,
Tamay Özgökmen  and
H. Thomas Rossby
Arthur J. Mariano
Affiliation:
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
Edward H. Ryan
Affiliation:
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
Annalisa Griffa
Affiliation:
University of Miami
A. D. Kirwan, Jr.
Affiliation:
University of Delaware
Arthur J. Mariano
Affiliation:
University of Miami
Tamay Özgökmen
Affiliation:
University of Miami
H. Thomas Rossby
Affiliation:
University of Rhode Island
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Introduction

It was during the 1999 Liege Colloquium on, “Three-Dimensional Ocean Circulation: Lagrangian measurements and diagnostic analyses,” that a number of researchers started to discuss the idea of having a meeting centered on studying the ocean, the atmosphere, and marine biology from a Lagrangian viewpoint. At the time of this writing, three Lagrangian Analysis and Prediction of Coastal and Ocean Dynamics (LAPCOD) meetings have been held in (i) Ischia, Italy from October 2–6, 2000, (ii) Key Largo, FL, USA from December 12–16, 2002, and (iii) Lerici, Italy from June 13–17, 2005. The LAPCOD meetings bring together a diverse group of scientists for the purpose of exchanging ideas on the collection, analysis, modeling, and assimilation of coastal and oceanic (quasi-)Lagrangian data. The purpose of this chapter is to provide both a tutorial for readers who are not specialists, and a summary of the material presented at the LAPCOD meetings and in this book. Since this chapter summarizes the material presented at LAPCOD meetings and because of space constraints, many important Lagrangian-based studies are not detailed here and the chapter topics, listed in the next paragraph, are those topics that have been central to the LAPCOD meetings and this book. There are a number of unpublished results presented at LAPCOD 2005 discussed here and referenced by personal communication, hereafter pers. com.

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Lagrangian Analysis and Prediction of Coastal and Ocean Dynamics , pp. 423 - 479
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