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

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).

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

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)

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)

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

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: