Laboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Spatiale

LOPS teams work to observe and understand the physical state of the ocean: movements (currents, waves, eddies, etc.), temperature, salinity. This work covers from very large scales with the thermohaline circulation of the global ocean, and its variability at multidecadal scales, to waves of a few centimeters in wavelength, through ocean turbulence at all scales, and specific studies on coastal regions.