The LOPS is a joint research unit affiliated to 4 French research and higher education institutions: CNRS (www.cnrs.fr), Ifremer ( www.ifremer.fr), IRD (www.ird.fr), and the University of Brest (UBO, www.univ-brest.fr). The LOPS is one of the seven labs that make up Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer (IUEM).
In the Laboratory for Ocean Physics and remote Sensing (LOPS) we observe and investigate oceanic motions, their connection with the atmosphere, sea floor and the littorals, and their influence on life in the ocean.
Research at LOPS is organized into 4 teams, working on
- the coastal ocean
- the oceans and climate
- satellite remote sensing and air-sea interface dynamics
- ocean scale interactions: how small scales (waves, eddies ...) influence the larger scales and vice versa.
The lab expertise also contributes to higher education, in particular through the International Master in Marine Physics , and also with joint training programs with the University of Cape Town (South Africa) and the Université Cheikh Anta Diop (Sénégal).
Our work naturally fuels operational oceanography projects including Coriolis and the Copernicus Marine Core service. We have also been involved in the development of the French coastal Previmer system, and there are strong collaborations with the private sector. The lab maintains and develops a unique know-how in oceanographic measurements at sea, and the interpretation of satellite remote sensing data.