Future vision for autonomous ocean observations

C Whitt, J Pearlman, B Polagye, F Caimi… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Autonomous platforms already make observations over a wide range of temporal and spatial
scales, measuring salinity, temperature, nitrate, pressure, oxygen, biomass, and many other …

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 …

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 …

Significant challenges to the sustainability of the California coast considering climate change

KM Thorne, GM MacDonald, FP Chavez… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Climate change is an existential threat to the environmental and socioeconomic
sustainability of the coastal zone and impacts will be complex and widespread. Evidence …

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 …

A new assessment of the circulation of Atlantic and Intermediate Waters in the Eastern Mediterranean

C Estournel, P Marsaleix, C Ulses - Progress in Oceanography, 2021 - Elsevier
A simulation of the Mediterranean circulation between 2011 and 2020 at a resolution of 3–4
km in the Eastern basin was compared to vertical profiles and horizontal distributions of …

Antarctic offshore polynyas linked to Southern Hemisphere climate anomalies

EC Campbell, EA Wilson, GWK Moore, SC Riser… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Offshore Antarctic polynyas—large openings in the winter sea ice cover—are thought to be
maintained by a rapid ventilation of deep-ocean heat through convective mixing. These rare …

Challenges for sustained observing and forecasting systems in the Mediterranean Sea

J Tintoré, N Pinardi, E Álvarez-Fanjul… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The Mediterranean community represented in this paper is the result of more than 30 years
of EU and nationally funded coordination, which has led to key contributions in science …

Observing the full ocean volume using Deep Argo floats

NV Zilberman, V Thierry, B King, M Alford… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The ocean is the main heat reservoir in Earth's climate system, absorbing most of the top-of-
the-atmosphere excess radiation. As the climate warms, anomalously warm and fresh ocean …

Physical and biogeochemical controls of the phytoplankton blooms in North Western Mediterranean Sea: A multiplatform approach over a complete annual cycle …

N Mayot, F d'Ortenzio, V Taillandier… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The North Western Mediterranean Sea exhibits recurrent and significant autumnal
and spring phytoplankton blooms. The existence of these two blooms coincides with typical …