This article reviews the past 15 years of developments in regional ocean data assimilation. A
variety of scientific, management, and safety-related objectives motivate marine scientists to …

This paper is the outcome of a workshop held in Rome in November 2011 on the occasion
of the 25th anniversary of the POEM (Physical Oceanography of the Eastern Mediterranean) …

A mass-balance trophic model was built to describe the food-web traits of the North Aegean
Sea (Strymonikos Gulf and Thracian Sea, Greece, Eastern Mediterranean) during the mid …

This paper presents the first decadal reanalysis simulation of the biogeochemistry of the
North West European shelf, along with a full evaluation of its skill, confidence, and value. An …

Optical remote sensing data is now being used systematically for marine ecosystem
applications, such as the forcing of biological models and the operational detection of …

The papers of this special issue overview some of the scientific results of the second phase
of development of the Mediterranean Forecasting System (MFS) realised during the EU …

Increasing attention is dedicated to the implementation of suitable marine forecast systems
for the estimate of the state of the ocean. Within the framework of the European MyOcean …

Occurrence of cloud cover over remotely sensed area is a significant limitation in the ocean
colour and infra-red remote sensing applications, especially when operational use of such a …

Oceanography has entered an era of new observing platforms, such as biogeochemical‐
Argo floats and gliders, some of which will provide three‐dimensional maps of essential …

In this paper we evaluate whether the assimilation of remotely-sensed optical data into a
marine ecosystem model improves the simulation of biogeochemistry in a shelf sea. A …