LENAIN, LUC

Associate Research Scientist / Director

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Air-sea interaction; Air entrainment; Turbulence; Sea-spray generation and influence on air-sea fluxes; Atmospheric and oceanic boundary layers, Surface waves, Wave breaking; Wind-wave generation; Wave-current interactions; Underwater acoustics; Lidar; Unmanned system technology; Oceanographic and atmospheric instrumentation development; Remote sensing; Airborne oceanography; Satellite altimetry.

DEGREES

  • M.Sc.E. Geophysics and Civil Engineering, École Polytechnique Universitaire, Université Pierre & Marie Curie, Paris (France)
  • M.Sc. Physical Ocean Sciences and Engineering, College of Earth, Ocean and Environment, University of Delaware
  • Ph.D. in Physics, Paris-Saclay University (École Normale Supérieure - Saclay), Cachan (France)

BIO

Luc Lenain is the head of the Air-Sea Interaction Research Laboratory, affiliated with the Marine Physical Laboratory and the Physical Oceanography Research Division. Dr. Lenain uses a combination of laboratory experiments, field measurements, theoretical analysis and numerical modeling to improve our understanding of air-sea interaction, oceanographic, atmospheric and ocean surface processes.

Website

Research Topics: Applied Ocean Sciences, Atmospheric Aerosols and Chemistry, Autonomous Ocean Platforms and Global Observing Systems, Coastal Oceanography, Nonlinear and Surface Waves, Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions, Ocean Instrumentation and Technology, Physical Oceanography, Remote Sensing and Satellite Oceanography, Upper Ocean and Submesoscale Processes