%0 Journal Article %T Circulation patterns in a channel reef-lagoon system, Ouano lagoon, New Caledonia %+ Institut méditerranéen d'océanologie (MIO) %A Sous, Damien %A Chevalier, Cristele %A Devenon, Jean-Luc %A Blanchot, Jean %A Pagano, Marc %Z Action Sud MIO/IRD (A.S. OLZO and A.S. CROSS-REEF) %< avec comité de lecture %@ 0272-7714 %J Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science %I Elsevier %V 196 %P 315 - 330 %8 2017-07-19 %D 2017 %R 10.1016/j.ecss.2017.07.015 %K reef barrier %K lagoon %K waves %K circulation patterns %K vertical shear %Z Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean, AtmosphereJournal articles %X This paper reports on two three-months field experiments carried out in the Ouano lagoon, New Caledonia. This channel-type lagoon, exposed to meso-tides, south pacific swells and trade winds, has been monitored thanks to a network of currents profilers to understand the dynamics of the lagoon waters. Four typical circulation patterns have been identified, covering all together more than 90% of the survey period. These patterns are mainly driven by the waves and wind features. In particular, obliquely incident waves or strong winds blowing over a sufficient period are able to reverse the typical circulation pattern. The analysis of the vertical structure of the currents through passages shows the regular presence of a nearly linear vertical shear within the water column. %G English %2 https://hal.science/hal-01566395/document %2 https://hal.science/hal-01566395/file/Sous_et_al_2017.pdf %L hal-01566395 %U https://hal.science/hal-01566395 %~ IRD %~ INSU %~ UNIV-TLN %~ CNRS %~ UNIV-AMU %~ MIO %~ OSU-INSTITUT-PYTHEAS %~ GIP-BE %~ TESTUPPA %~ MIO-EMBIO %~ MIO-OPLC %~ ANR