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Prof. Legat, Vincent
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Université Catholique de Louvain; Ecole Polytechnique de Louvain; Institute of Mechanics, Materials and Civil Engineering; Unité de Mécanique Appliquée (MEMA), more

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Université Catholique de Louvain; Science and Technology Sector; Earth and Life Institute; Earth and Climate division (ELIc), more

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Second-generation Louvain-la-Neuve Ice-ocean Model, more
Tracing and Integrated Modeling of Natural and Antropogenic Effects on Hydrosystems, more

A1 Publications (40) [show]
Ishimwe, A.P.; Deleersnijder, E.; Legat, V.; Lambrechts, J. (2023). A split-explicit second order Runge-Kutta method for solving 3D hydrodynamic equations. Ocean Modelling 186: 102273. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2023.102273, more Van Achter, G.; Ponsoni, L.; Massonnet, F.; Fichefet, T.; Legat, V. (2020). Brief communication: Arctic sea ice thickness internal variability and its changes under historical and anthropogenic forcing. Cryosphere 14(10): 3479-3486. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3479-2020, more Delandmeter, P.; Lambrechts, J.; Marmorino, G.O.; Legat, V.; Wolanski, E.; Remacle, J.-F.; Chen, W.; Deleersnijder, E. (2017). Submesoscale tidal eddies in the wake of coral islands and reefs: satellite data and numerical modelling. Ocean Dynamics 67(7): 897-913. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10236-017-1066-z, more Naithani, J.; de Brye, B.; Buyze, E.; Vyverman, W.; Legat, V.; Deleersnijder, E. (2016). An ecological model for the Scheldt estuary and tidal rivers ecosystem: spatial and temporal variability of plankton. Hydrobiologia 775(1): 51-67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-016-2710-1, more Delandmeter, P.; Lewis, S.; Lambrechts, J.; Deleersnijder, E.; Legat, V.; Wolanski, E. (2015). The transport and fate of riverine fine sediment exported to a semi-open system. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 167(Part B): 336-346. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2015.10.011, more Bouillon, S.; Fichefet, T.; Legat, V.; Madec, G. (2013). The elastic-viscous-plastic method revisited. Ocean Modelling 71: 2-12. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2013.05.013, more Gourgue, O.; Baeyens, W.; Chen, M.S.; de Brauwere, A.; de Brye, B.; Deleersnijder, E.; Elskens, M.; Legat, V. (2013). A depth-averaged two-dimensional sediment transport model for environmental studies in the Scheldt Estuary and tidal river network. J. Mar. Syst. 128: 27-39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2013.03.014, more Kärnä, T.; Legat, V.; Deleersnijder, E. (2013). A baroclinic discontinuous Galerkin finite element model for coastal flows. Ocean Modelling 61: 1-20. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2012.09.009, more Seny, B.; Lambrechts, J.; Comblen, R.; Legat, V.; Remacle, J.-F. (2013). Multirate time stepping for accelerating explicit discontinuous Galerkin computations with application to geophysical flows. Int. J. Numer. Methods Fluids 71(1): 41-64. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fld.3646, more Kärnä, T.; Legat, V.; Deleersnijder, E.; Burchard, H. (2012). Coupling of a discontinuous Galerkin finite element marine model with a finite difference turbulence closure model. Ocean Modelling 47: 55-64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2012.01.001, more Girard, L.; Bouillon, S.; Weiss, J.; Amitrano, D.; Fichefet, T.; Legat, V. (2011). A new modeling framework for sea-ice mechanics based on elasto-brittle rheology. Ann. Glaciol. 52(57): 123-132, more Kärnä, T.; de Brye, B.; Gourgue, O.; Lambrechts, J.; Comblen, R.; Legat, V.; Deleersnijder, E. (2011). A fully implicit wetting–drying method for DG-FEM shallow water models, with an application to the Scheldt Estuary. Comput. methods appl. mech. eng. 200(5-8): 509-524. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2010.07.001, more Lietaer, O.; Deleersnijder, E.; Fichefet, T.; Vancoppenolle, M.; Comblen, R.; Bouillon, S.; Legat, V. (2011). The vertical age profile in sea ice: theory and numerical results. Ocean Modelling 40(3-4): 211-226. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2011.09.002, more Blaise, S.; Comblen, R.; Legat, V.; Remacle, J.-F.; Deleersnijder, E.; Lambrechts, J. (2010). A discontinuous finite element baroclinic marine model on unstructured prismatic meshes: I. Space discretization. Ocean Dynamics 60(6): 1371-1393. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10236-010-0358-3, more Comblen, R.; Blaise, S.; Legat, V.; Remacle, J.-F.; Deleersnijder, E.; Lambrechts, J. (2010). A discontinuous finite element baroclinic marine model on unstructured prismatic meshes: II. Implicit/explicit time discretization. Ocean Dynamics 60(6): 1395-1414. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10236-010-0357-4, more Comblen, R.; Lambrechts, J.; Remacle, J.-F.; Legat, V. (2010). Practical evaluation of five partly-discontinuous finite element pairs for the non-conservative shallow water equations. Int. J. Numer. Methods Fluids 63(6): 701-724. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fld.2094, more Deleersnijder, E.; Legat, V.; Lermusiaux, P.F.J. (2010). Multi-scale modelling of coastal, shelf and global ocean dynamics. Ocean Dynamics 60(6): 1357-1359. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10236-010-0363-6, more Bernard, P.E.; Remacle, J.F.; Legat, V. (2009). Modal analysis on unstructured meshes of the dispersion properties of the P₁^NC-P₁ pair. Ocean Modelling 28(1-3): 2-11. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2008.03.005, more Bernard, P.-E.; Remacle, J.-F.; Legat, V. (2009). Boundary discretization for high-order discontinuous Galerkin computations of tidal flows around shallow water islands. Int. J. Numer. Methods Fluids 59(5): 535-557. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fld.1831, more Bernard, P.-E.; Remacle, J.-F.; Comblen, R.; Legat, V.; Hillewaert, K. (2009). High-order discontinuous Galerkin schemes on general 2D manifolds applied to the shallow water equations. J. Comput. Physics 228(17): 6514-6535. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2009.05.046, more Bouillon, S.; Maqueda, M.A.M.; Legat, V.; Fichefet, T. (2009). An elastic-viscous-plastic sea ice model formulated on Arakawa B and C grids. Ocean Modelling 27(3-4): 174-184. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2009.01.004, more Comblen, R.; Legrand, S.; Deleersnijder, E.; Legat, V. (2009). A finite element method for solving the shallow water equations on the sphere. Ocean Modelling 28(1-3): 12-23. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2008.05.004, more Gourgue, O.; Comblen, R.; Lambrechts, J.; Kärnä, T.; Legat, V.; Deleersnijder, E. (2009). A flux-limiting wetting–drying method for finite-element shallow-water models, with application to the Scheldt Estuary. Adv. Water Resour. 32(12): 1726-1739. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2009.09.005, more Lambrechts, J.; Comblen, R.; Legat, V.; Geuzaine, C.; Remacle, J.-F. (2008). Multiscale mesh generation on the sphere. Ocean Dynamics 58(5-6): 461-473. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10236-008-0148-3, more Lambrechts, J.; Hanert, E.; Deleersnijder, E.; Bernard, P.-E.; Legat, V.; Remacle, J.-F.; Wolanski, E. (2008). A multi-scale model of the hydrodynamics of the whole Great Barrier Reef. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 79(1): 143-151. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2008.03.016, more Lietaer, O.; Fichefet, T.; Legat, V. (2008). The effects of resolving the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in a finite element sea ice model. Ocean Modelling 24(3-4): 140-152. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2008.06.002, more White, L.; Legat, V.; Deleersnijder, E. (2008). Tracer conservation for three-dimensional, finite-element, free-surface, ocean modeling on moving prismatic meshes. Mon. Weather Rev. 136(2): 420-442. dx.doi.org/10.1175/2007MWR2137.1, more White, L.; Deleersnijder, E.; Legat, V. (2008). A three-dimensional unstructured mesh finite element shallow-water model, with application to the flows around an island and in a wind-driven, elongated basin. Ocean Modelling 22(1-2): 26-47. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2008.01.001, more Bernard, P.-E.; Chevaugeon, N.; Legat, V.; Deleersnijder, E.; Remacle, J.-F. (2007). High-order h-adaptive discontinuous Galerkin methods for ocean modelling. Ocean Dynamics 57(2): 109-121. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10236-006-0093-y, more Legrand, S.; Deleersnijder, E.; Delhez, E.J.M.; Legat, V. (2007). Unstructured, anisotropic mesh generation for the Northwestern European continental shelf, the continental slope and the neighbouring ocean. Cont. Shelf Res. 27(9): 1344-1356. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2007.01.009, more Hanert, E.; Deleersnijder, E.; Legat, V. (2006). Erratum to "An adaptive finite element water column model using the Mellor-Yamada level 2.5 turbulence closure scheme" (vol 12, pg 205, 2006). Ocean Modelling 15(1-2): 137-137. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2006.07.001, more Hanert, E.; Deleersnijder, E.; Legat, V. (2006). An adaptive finite element water column model using the Mellor-Yamada level 2.5 turbulence closure scheme. Ocean Modelling 12(1-2): 205-223. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2005.05.003, more Hanert, E.; Legat, V. (2006). How to save a bad element with weak boundary conditions. Comput. fluids 35(5): 477-484. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2005.02.005, more Legrand, S.; Deleersnijder, E.; Hanert, E.; Legat, V.; Wolanski, E. (2006). High-resolution, unstructured meshes for hydrodynamic models of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 68(1-2): 36-46. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2005.08.017, more White, L.; Legat, V.; Deleersnijder, E.; Le Roux, D. (2006). A one-dimensional benchmark for the propagation of Poincaré waves. Ocean Modelling 15(1-2): 101-123. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2005.11.001, more White, L.; Beckers, J.M.; Deleersnijder, E.; Legat, V. (2006). Comparison of free-surface and rigid-lid finite element models of barotropic instabilities. Ocean Dynamics 56(2): 86-103. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10236-006-0059-0, more Hanert, E.; Le Roux, D.Y.; Legat, V.; Deleersnijder, E. (2005). An efficient Eulerian finite element for the shallow water equations. Ocean Modelling 10(1-2): 115-136. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2004.06.006, more Hanert, E.; Le Roux, D.Y.; Legat, V.; Deleersnijder, E. (2004). Advection schemes for unstructured grid ocean modelling. Ocean Modelling 7(1-2): 39-58. dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1463-5003(03)00029-5, more Hanert, E.; Legat, V.; Deleersnijder, E. (2003). A comparison of three finite elements to solve the linear shallow water equations. Ocean Modelling 5(1): 17-35. dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1463-5003(02)00012-4, more Legrand, S.; Legat, V.; Deleersnijder, E. (2000). Delaunay mesh generation for an unstructured-grid ocean general circulation model. Ocean Modelling 2: 17-28, more
Peer reviewed publications (2) [show]
Gourgue, O.; Baeyens, W.; Chen, M.; de Brauwere, A.; de Brye, B.; Deleersnijder, E.; Elskens, M.; Legat, V. (2013). A depth-averaged two-dimensional sediment transport model for environmental studies in the Scheldt Estuary and tidal river network. Geophys. Res. Abstr. 15(EGU2013-13172): 1. dx.doi.org/, more De Maet, T.; Hanert, E.; Deleersnijder, E.; Fichefet, T.; Legat, V.; Remacle, J.-F.; Soares Frazao, S.; Vanclooster, M.; Lambrechts, J.; König Beatty, S.; Bouillon, S.; de Brye, B.; Gourgue, O.; Kärnä, T.; Lietaer, O.; Pestiaux, A.; Slaoui, K.; Thomas, C. (2012). SLIM: a multi-scale model of the land-sea continuum. Geophys. Res. Abstr. 14(EGU2012-9603-1), more
Book chapters (5) [show]
Bouillon, S.; de Brauwere, A.; de Brye, B.; Deleersnijder, E.; De Maet, T.; Fichefet, T.; Hanert, E.; Kärnä, T.; Lambrechts, J.; Legat, V.; Lietaer, O.; Melchior, S.; Pestiaux, A.; Remacle, J.-F.; Seny, B.; Soares-Frazao, S.; Spinewine, B.; Thomas, C.; Vanclooster, M.; Van Pham, C. (2011). Towards a multi-scale/physics numerical model of the hydrosphere, in: IMUM 2011 - The 10th International Workshop on Multiscale (Un-)structured Mesh Numerical Modelling for coastal, shelf and global ocean dynamics - 22 - 25 August 2011. , more Bernard, P.-E.; Chevaugeon, N.; Legat, V.; Deleersnijder, E.; Remacle, J.-F. (2005). High-order h-adaptive discontinuous Galerkin methods for ocean modeling, in: Diez, P. et al.[s.d.] Proceedings of the International Conference on Adaptive Modeling and Simulation (ADMOS 2005). pp. 50-61, more Hanert, E.; Le Roux, D.Y.; Legat, V.; Deleersnijder, E. (2003). A comparison of 4 advection schemes for use in unstructured grid ocean modelling, in: 6th National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Ghent, May 26-27, 2003. pp. 1-8, more Legrand, S.; Legat, V.; Deleersnijder, E. (2003). Mass conservation in global ocean model on unstructured meshes, in: 6th National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Ghent, May 26-27, 2003. pp. 1-4, more Legrand, S.; Legat, V.; Deleersnijder, E. (2000). Delaunay mesh generation for oceanic computations, in: Proceedings of the 5th National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, 23-24 May 2000. pp. 131-134, more
Abstract [show]
Lambrechts, J.; Deleersnijder, E.; Legat, V.; Wolanski, E. (2008). Finite-element model of the great barrier reef circulation, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium, 29 February 2008: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 40: pp. 52, more
Thesis (co-)promotor [show]
Ponsar, S. (2012). Model state and parameter estimation by assimilation of temperature profiles with an ensemble Kalman filter in North Sea applications. PhD Thesis. Université Catholique de Louvain, Faculté des Sciences, Département de Physique: Louvain-la-Neuve. 188 pp., more