Publications related to coastal ocean studies:

Auclair F., Estournel C., Floor J. W., Herrmann M., Nguyen C., Marsaleix P., 2011. A non-hydrostatic algorithm for free-surface ocean modelling, Ocean Modelling, 36, 49-70

Auger P.A., Diaz F., Ulses C., Estournel C., Neveux J., Joux F., Pujo-Pay M., and J. J. Naudin J.J., 2010. Functioning of the planktonic ecosystem of the Rhone River plume (NW Mediterranean) during spring and its impact on the carbon export: a field data and 3-D modelling combined approach. Biogeosciences Discuss., 7, 9039-9116

F. Birol, M. Cancet and C. Estournel, 2010. Aspects of the seasonal variability of the Northern Current (NW Mediterranean Sea) observed by altimetry. Journal of Marine Systems, 81, 297-311, doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2010.01.005

Estournel C., Auclair F, Lux M., Nguyen C., Marsaleix P., 2009. "Scale oriented" embedded modeling of the North-Western Mediterranean in the frame of MFSTEP. Ocean Science, 5, 73-90 html

Marsaleix P., Auclair F., Estournel C., 2009. Low-order pressure gradient schemes in sigma coordinate models: The seamount test revisited. Ocean Modelling, 30, 169-177. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2009.06.011

Marsaleix P., Ulses C., Pairaud I., Herrmann M.J., Floor J.W., Estournel C., Auclair F., 2009. Open boundary conditions for internal gravity wave modelling using polarization relations. Ocean Modelling, 29, 27-42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2009.02.010

Herrmann M., Estournel C., Déqué M. , Marsaleix P., Sevault F., Somot S., 2008, Dense water formation in the Gulf of Lions shelf: Impact of atmospheric interannual variability and climate change, Continental shelf research, 28, 2092-2112 doi:10.1016/j.csr.2008.03.003

Petrenko A., Dufau C., Estournel C., 2008, Barotropic eastward currents in the western Gulf of Lion, north-western Mediterranean Sea, during stratified conditions. Journal of Marine Systems, 74, 406-428 doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2008.03.004

C. Ulses, C. Estournel, X. Durrieu de Madron and A. Palanques, 2008, Suspended sediment transport in the Gulf of Lions (NW Mediterranean): Impact of extreme storms and floods. Continental shelf research, 28, 2048-2070 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2008.01.015

Herrmann, M. J., S. Somot, F. Sevault, C. Estournel, and M. Deque, 2008. Modeling the deep convection in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea using an eddy-permitting and an eddy-resolving model: Case study of winter 1986-1987. Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, C04011 doi:10.1029/2006JC003991

Ulses, C., C. Estournel, P. Puig, X. Durrieu de Madron, and P. Marsaleix, 2008, Dense shelf water cascading in the northwestern Mediterranean during the cold winter 2005. Quantification of the export through the Gulf of Lion and the Catalan margin Geophysical. Research. Letters 35, L07610 doi:10.1029/2008GL033257

Ulses, C., C. Estournel, J. Bonnin, X. Durrieu de Madron, and P. Marsaleix, 2008. Impact of storms and dense water cascading on shelf-slope exchanges in the Gulf of Lion (NW Mediterranean). Journal of Geophysical Research 113, C02010, doi:10.1029/2006JC003795

Marsaleix P., Auclair F., Floor J. W., Herrmann M. J., Estournel C., Pairaud I., Ulses C., 2008. Energy conservation issues in sigma-coordinate free-surface ocean models. Ocean Modelling. 20, 61-89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2007.07.005

Ferré B., Durrieu de Madron X., Estournel C., Ulses C., Le Corre G., 2008. Impact of natural (waves and currents) and anthropogenic (trawl) resuspension on the export of particulate matter to the open ocean. Application to the Gulf of Lion (NW Mediterranean). Continental Shelf Research, 28, 2071-2091 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2008.02.002

Bourrin F., Durrieu de Madron X., Heussner S., Estournel C., 2008. Impact of winter dense water formation on shelf sediment erosion (evidence from the Gulf of Lions, NW Mediterranean). Continental Shelf Research, 28, 1984-1999, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2008.06.006

Marsaleix P., Auclair F., Estournel C., 2006, Considerations on Open Boundary Conditions for Regional and Coastal Ocean Models. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 23,1604-1613, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JTECH1930.1

Auclair F., Estournel C., Marsaleix P., Pairaud I. 2006. On coastal ocean embedded modeling. Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L14602. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2006GL026099

Estournel C., Zervakis V., Marsaleix P., Papadopoulos A., Auclair F., Perivoliotis L., Tragou E., 2005. Dense water formation and cascading in the Gulf of Thermaikos (North Aegean) from observations and modelling, Continental Shelf Research, 25, 2366-2386 doi:10.1016/j.csr.2005.08.014

Ulses C., Grenz C., Marsaleix P., Schaaff E., Estournel C., Meulé S., and Pinazo C., 2005 Circulation in a semi enclosed bay under the influence of strong fresh water input, Journal of Marine Systems, 56, 113-132 doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2005.02.001

Estournel C., Durrieu de Madron X., Marsaleix P., Auclair F., Julliand C. and R. Vehil, 2003
Observation and modelisation of the winter coastal oceanic circulation in the Gulf of Lions under wind conditions influenced by the continental orography (FETCH experiment). Journal of Geophysical Research 108, C3, pages 7-1 to 7-18. doi:10.1029/2001JC000825

Hauser D., Branger H., Bouffies-Cloché S., Despiau S., Drennan W., Dupuis H., Durand P., Durrieu de Madron X., Estournel C., Eymard L., Flamant C., Graber H., Guérin C., Kahma K., Lachaud G., Lefèvre J.M., Pelon J., Pettersson H., Piguet B., Queffeulou P., Taillez D., Tournadre J. and A. Weill, 2003
The FETCH experiment : an overview. Journal of Geophysical Research 108, C3, pages 1-1 to 1-15.
doi:10.1029/2001JC001202

Auclair F., Marsaleix P. and C. Estournel, 2001
The penetration of the northern current over the Gulf of Lion (western Mediterranean Sea) as a downscaling problem. Oceanologica Acta, 24, 529-544. doi:10.1016/S0399-1784(01)01166-5

Estournel C., Broche P., Marsaleix P., Devenon J.L., Auclair F. and Vehil R, 2001
The Rhone river plume in unsteady conditions : numerical and experimental results. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 53, 25-38. doi:10.1006/ecss.2000.0685

Pinazo C., Marsaleix P., Millet B., Estournel C., Kondrachoff V. and R. Véhil. 2001
Phytoplankton variability in summer in the northwestern Mediterranean: modelling of the wind and freshwater impacts. Journal of Coastal Research. 17, 1, 146-161. Abstract

Thill A., Moustier S., Garnier J.M., Estournel C., Naudin J.J. and Bottero J.Y., 2001
Evolution of particle size and concentration in the Rhone river mixing zone : Influence of salt flocculation, Continental Shelf Research, 21, 2127-2140. doi:10.1016/S0278-4343(01)00047-4

Auclair F., Marsaleix P. and Estournel C., 2000
Sigma coordinate pressure gradient errors : evaluation and reduction by an inverse method. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 17, 1348-1367.

Hauser D., Dupuis H., Durrieu de Madron X., Estournel C., Flamant C., Pelon J., Queffeulou P., et Lefèvre J.M., 2000
La campagne FETCH : Une expérience pour l'étude des échanges océan/atmosphère dans les conditions côtières du Golfe du Lion. La Météorologie, 29.

Marsaleix P., Estournel C., Kondrachoff V. and R. Vehil, 1998
A numerical study of the formation of the Rhone river plume. Journal of Marine Systems., 14, 99-115.
doi:10.1016/S0924-7963(97)00011-0

Estournel C., Kondrachoff V., Marsaleix P., Vehil R., 1997
The plume of the Rhône : numerical simulation and remote sensing, Continental Shelf Research, 17,899-924. doi:10.1016/S0278-4343(96)00064-7

Pinazo C., Marsaleix P., Millet B., Estournel C., Vehil R., 1996
Spatial and temporal variability of phytoplankton biomass in upwelling areas of northwestern Mediterranean: a coupled physical and biogeochemical approach. Journal of Marine Systems, 7, 161-191. doi:10.1016/0924-7963(95)00028-3

Johns B., Marsaleix P., Estournel C., Vehil R., 1992
On the wind-driven upwelling circulation in the Gulf of Lions, Journal of Marine Systems, 3, 309-320. doi:10.1016/0924-7963(92)90008-V