Six remOcean floats have been successfully deployed by Grigor Obolensky as part of the OISO cruise onboard Research Vessel Marion Dufresne II.

Four remOcean floats have been deployed as part of the South African Agulhas II cruise along the so-called GOODHOPE line.

The AtlantOS project (Optimizing and Enhancing the Integrated Atlantic Ocean Observing System) will be funded over 4 years by the EU (Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Framework Programme).

Grigor Obolensky and Antoine Poteau are visiting our South African colleagues from November 30 to December 4.

Xing, X., Claustre, H., Uitz, J., Mignot, A., Poteau, A. and H. Wang. (2014). Seasonal Evolutions of Bio-optical Properties and their Inter-relationships Observed by Bio-Argo Floats in the Sub-polar North Atlantic. , Journal of Geophysical Research - Ocean, 119, doi:10.1002/2014JC010189. (PDF Reprint 5.22 Mo)

Taillandier, V. (2014). Enhancing Open Ocean Observatories Services : Marine Optics Lab, Remote Sensing and Biogeochemical Applications, Oceanographic Observatory of Villefranche-sur-Mer. Hydro International - Volume 18 - N°5 - July / August 2014. (PDF Reprint3.14 Mo)

D’Ortenzio F., H. Lavigne, F. Besson, H. Claustre, L. Coppola, N. Garcia, A. Laës-Huon, S. Le Reste, D. Malardé, C. Migon, P. Morin, L. Mortier, A. Poteau, L. Prieur, P. Raimbault and P. Testor (2014). Observing mixed layer depth, nitrates and chlorophyll concentrations in the North Western Mediterranean: a combined satellite and NO3 profiling floats experiment, Geophysical Research Letters, 41, 6443–6451, doi:10.1002/2014GL061020. (PDF Reprint 4.83 Mo)

Mignot, A., Claustre, H., Uitz, J., Poteau, A., D'Ortenzio, F. and X. Xing (2014) Understanding the seasonal dynamics of phytoplankton biomass and DCM in oligotrophic environments: a Bio-Argo float investigation. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, DOI: 10.1002/2013GB004781, (PDF Reprint3.16 Mo)

The first prototype of the ProVal has been deployed for the first time, in July, around the BOUSSOLE mooring.

We are pleased to announce the release of our new OAO website...

Within the OAO team a 3-year PhD position is offered ...

Claustre, H., Beguery, L. and P. Pla (2014). SeaExplorer Glider Breaks Two World Records Multisensor UUV Achieves Global Milestones for Endurance, Distance. Sea Technology, (PDF Reprint1.94 Mo)

Xing X, Claustre H, Wang H, Poteau A, D'Ortenzio F (2014) Seasonal dynamics in colored dissolved organic matter in the Mediterranean Sea : Patterns and drivers. Deep-sea Res Pt I 83: 93-101 | doi: 10.1016/j.dsr.2013.09.008.(pdf4.84 Mo)

Doxaran D, Lamquin N, Park Y-J, Mazeran C, Ryu J-H, PoteauM, Poteau A (2014) Retrieval of the seawater reflectance for suspended solids monitoring in the East China Sea using MODIS, MERIS and GOCI satellite data. Remote Sens Environ 146: 36-48 | doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2013.06.020.(pdf5.53 Mo)

The OAO team participates to the upcoming Ocean Sciences Meeting (Honolulu/Hawaii/US; 23-28 February 2014) and is directly implicated in the proposition of two topical sessions:

Mignot et al. (2011). From the shape of the vertical profile of in vivo fluorescence to Chlorophyll-a concentration. Biogeosciences, 8, 2391-2406, doi:10.5194/bgd-8-2391-2011. (pdf2.76 Mo)

Xing et al. (2011). Combined processing and mutual interpretation of radiometry and fluorimetry from autonomous profiling Bio-Argo Floats. Cholorophyll-a retrieval. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, C06020, doi:10.1029/2010JC006899. (pdf1.95 Mo)

Claustre et al. (2010). Guidelines towards an integrated ocean observation system for ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles. Proceedings of the "OceanObs’09: Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society" Conference, Venice/Italy. (pdf1018.2 Ko)

Gruber et al. (2010). Toward an integrated ocean observing system for ocean carbon and biogeochemistry. Proceedings of the "OceanObs’09: Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society" Conference, Venice/Italy. (pdf1.34 Mo)

Claustre et al. (2010). Bio-optical profiling floats as new observational tools for biogeochemical and ecosystem studies: potential synergies with ocean color remote sensing. Proceedings of the "OceanObs’09: Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society" Conference, Venice/Italy. (pdf365.16 Ko)

Testor et al. (2010). Gliders as a component of future observing systems. Proceedings of the "OceanObs’09: Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society" Conference, Venice/Italy. (pdf819.37 Ko)

Roemmich et al. (2010). Integrating the ocean observing system: mobile platforms. Proceedings of the "OceanObs’09: Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society" Conference, Venice/Italy. (pdf1.22 Mo)