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 …

What induced the exceptional 2005 convection event in the northwestern Mediterranean basin? Answers from a modeling study

M Herrmann, F Sevault, J Beuvier… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Open‐sea convection occurring in the northwestern Mediterranean basin (NWMED) is at the
origin of the formation of Western Mediterranean Deep Water (WMDW), one of the main …

Observing and modeling changes in the Atlantic MOC

SA Cunningham, R Marsh - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC) is defined, and our present
understanding of MOC driving mechanisms is summarized. Evidence for the changing MOC …

Future projections of the surface heat and water budgets of the Mediterranean Sea in an ensemble of coupled atmosphere–ocean regional climate models

C Dubois, S Somot, S Calmanti, A Carillo, M Déqué… - Climate dynamics, 2012 - Springer
Within the CIRCE project “Climate change and Impact Research: the Mediterranean
Environment”, an ensemble of high resolution coupled atmosphere–ocean regional climate …

Impact of open-ocean convection on particle fluxes and sediment dynamics in the deep margin of the Gulf of Lions

M Stabholz, X Durrieu de Madron, M Canals… - …, 2013 - bg.copernicus.org
The deep outer margin of the Gulf of Lions and the adjacent basin, in the western
Mediterranean Sea, are regularly impacted by open-ocean convection, a major …

Deep winter convection and phytoplankton dynamics in the NW Mediterranean Sea under present climate and future (horizon 2030) scenarios

D Macias, E Garcia-Gorriz, A Stips - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
Deep water convection (DC) in winter is one of the major processes driving open-ocean
primary productivity in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea. DC is highly variable in time …

Impact of the spatial distribution of the atmospheric forcing on water mass formation in the Mediterranean Sea

K Béranger, Y Drillet, MN Houssais… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The impact of the atmospheric forcing on the winter ocean convection in the Mediterranean
Sea was studied with a high‐resolution ocean general circulation model. The major areas of …

Interannual variability of deep convection in the Northwestern Mediterranean simulated with a coupled AORCM

B L'Hévéder, L Li, F Sevault, S Somot - Climate dynamics, 2013 - Springer
A hindcast experiment of the Mediterranean present-day climate is performed using a fully-
coupled Atmosphere–Ocean Regional Climate Model (AORCM) for the Mediterranean …

[PDF][PDF] The role of altimetry in coastal observing systems

P Cipollini, J Benveniste, J Bouffard, W Emery… - Proceedings of …, 2010 - oce.orst.edu
The last few years have witnessed the foundation and development of a new discipline,
coastal altimetry, and the coalescence of an active community of researchers who are now …

Mechanisms of interannual variability of deep convection in the Greenland sea

IL Bashmachnikov, AM Fedorov, PA Golubkin… - Deep Sea Research …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study investigates the physical processes and mechanisms driving the interannual
variability of deep convective intensity in the Greenland Sea from 1993 to 2016. The …