Observing Winter Mixing and Spring Bloom in the Mediterranean

Pascal Conan (1) , Pierre Testor (2) , Claude Estournel (3) , Fabrizio d'Ortenzio (4) , Xavier Durrieu de Madron (5)

1 UPMC - Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6
2 INSU - CNRS - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers
3 LAERO - Laboratoire d'aérologie
4 LOV - Laboratoire d'océanographie de Villefranche
5 CEFREM - Centre de Formation et de Recherche sur les Environnements Méditérranéens

A new special issue of JGR: Oceans and JGR: Atmospheres presents new insights into the dynamics of dense water formation in the western Mediterranean Sea and its biogeochemical consequences.

Keywords: dynamics of dense water formation; Mediterranean Sea; biogeochemical consequences

Domains: Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Ocean, Atmosphere; Earth Sciences; Oceanography

Pascal Conan, Pierre Testor, Claude Estournel, Fabrizio d'Ortenzio, Xavier Durrieu de Madron. Observing Winter Mixing and Spring Bloom in the Mediterranean. Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 2018, 99, ⟨10.1029/2018EO105887⟩. ⟨hal-01917644⟩