OceanGliders: a component of the integrated GOOS

P Testor, B De Young, DL Rudnick, S Glenn… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The OceanGliders program started in 2016 to support active coordination and enhancement
of global glider activity. OceanGliders contributes to the international efforts of the Global …

[HTML][HTML] Benthic storms, nepheloid layers, and linkage with upper ocean dynamics in the western North Atlantic

WD Gardner, BE Tucholke, MJ Richardson, PE Biscaye - Marine Geology, 2017 - Elsevier
Benthic storms are episodic periods of strong abyssal currents and intense, benthic
nepheloid (turbid) layer development. In order to interpret the driving forces that create and …

Sub-regional marine heat waves in the Mediterranean Sea from observations: long-term surface changes, sub-surface and coastal responses

M Juza, À Fernández-Mora, J Tintoré - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Society is facing climate-related challenges and impacts, such as marine heat wave (MHW)
events that adversely affect ecosystems, threaten economies and strengthen storms by …

Nanoplanktonic diatoms are globally overlooked but play a role in spring blooms and carbon export

K Leblanc, B Queguiner, F Diaz, V Cornet… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Diatoms are one of the major primary producers in the ocean, responsible annually for~
20% of photosynthetically fixed CO2 on Earth. In oceanic models, they are typically …

Abrupt warming and salinification of intermediate waters interplays with decline of deep convection in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea

F Margirier, P Testor, E Heslop, K Mallil, A Bosse… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract The Mediterranean Sea is a hotspot for climate change, and recent studies have
reported its intense warming and salinification. In this study, we use an outstanding dataset …

[HTML][HTML] Copernicus marine service ocean state report

K von Schuckmann, PY Le Traon, N Smith… - Journal of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The oceans regulate our weather and climate from global to regional scales. They absorb
over 90% of accumulated heat in the climate system (IPCC Citation 2013) and over a quarter …

Climatic, decadal, and interannual variability in the upper layer of the Mediterranean Sea using remotely sensed and in-situ data

M Menna, M Gačić, R Martellucci, G Notarstefano… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Mediterranean Sea is considered a hot spot of global warming because it has been
changing faster than the global ocean, creating a strong impact on the marine environment …

Multiscale observations of deep convection in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea during winter 2012–2013 using multiple platforms

P Testor, A Bosse, L Houpert, F Margirier… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract During winter 2012–2013, open‐ocean deep convection which is a major driver for
the thermohaline circulation and ventilation of the ocean, occurred in the Gulf of Lions …

Characterizing, modelling and understanding the climate variability of the deep water formation in the North-Western Mediterranean Sea

S Somot, L Houpert, F Sevault, P Testor, A Bosse… - Climate Dynamics, 2018 - Springer
Observing, modelling and understanding the climate-scale variability of the deep water
formation (DWF) in the North-Western Mediterranean Sea remains today very challenging …

[HTML][HTML] Updating temperature and salinity mean values and trends in the Western Mediterranean: The RADMED project

M Vargas-Yáñez, MC García-Martínez, F Moya… - Progress in …, 2017 - Elsevier
The RADMED project is devoted to the implementation and maintenance of a
multidisciplinary monitoring system around the Spanish Mediterranean waters. This …