LEGI - Plaque Coriolis (Grenoble)
In the Laboratoire des
Ecoulements Géophysiques et Industriels
(LEGI), the main activity of the Coriolis team is the experimental
modeling of geophysical flows, taking into account Earth rotation, with
or without density stratification or topography. This activity is
focused on the large Coriolis Platform, 13 m in diameter (the biggest
in the world). Thanks to the European grant Access to Major
Research Infrastructures, the instrument attracts many visiting
scientists. Joël Sommeria is the director of this Coriolis
turntable. He is recognized as a leading scientist worldwide thanks to
his numerous important contributions to many aspects of geophysical
fluid dynamics. These include works with R. Robert [48, 44] and
with F. Bouchet [7] on statistical mechanics, with applications to
oceans. He also initiated with H.
Swinney the experimental study of coherent jets which led to ref [53,
59].
In the Laboratoire des
Ecoulements
Géophysiques et Industriels (LEGI), MEOM is one of the leading
groups in France for oceanographic modeling. MEOM team's
activities are part of the largest international programs dedicated to
the research on climate and environment. The interests of MEOM in
these domains are more precisely related to the role played by the
oceans on climate, and on the medium range forecast of oceanic
flows. Julien Le Sommer is a member of the MEOM team. Julien
Le Sommer is an expert in both numerical simulations of complex
realistic ocean models and in theoretical studies on more simple models.
