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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
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30 Sep 2026
| OSR10 | Chapter 2.5
| 30 Sep 2026 | OSR10 | Chapter 2.5
New insights on mesoscale activity in the western Mediterranean Sea
Laura Gómez-Navarro
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
IMEDEA (UIB-CSIC), Esporles, 07190, Spain
ICM (CSIC), Barcelona, 08003, Spain
Maxime Ballarotta
CLS, Ramonville-Saint-Agne, 31520, France
Diego Cortés-Morales
IMEDEA (UIB-CSIC), Esporles, 07190, Spain
Marie-Isabelle Pujol
CLS, Ramonville-Saint-Agne, 31520, France
Laura Fortunato
Dipartimento di Scienze e tecnologie, Università degli studi di Napoli Parthenope, 80143, Naples, Italy
Baptiste Mourre
IMEDEA (UIB-CSIC), Esporles, 07190, Spain
Ananda Pascual
IMEDEA (UIB-CSIC), Esporles, 07190, Spain
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The signature of internal tides has become an important component for high-resolution altimetry over oceans. Several studies have proposed some solutions to resolve part of these internal tides based on the altimetry record. Following these studies, we propose here a new inversion approach aimed to mitigate aliasing with other dynamics. After a description of the methodology, the solution for the main tidal components has been successfully validated against independent observations.
Roxane Tzortzis, Andrea M. Doglioli, Stéphanie Barrillon, Anne A. Petrenko, Francesco d'Ovidio, Lloyd Izard, Melilotus Thyssen, Ananda Pascual, Bàrbara Barceló-Llull, Frédéric Cyr, Marc Tedetti, Nagib Bhairy, Pierre Garreau, Franck Dumas, and Gérald Gregori
Biogeosciences, 18, 6455–6477, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-6455-2021, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-6455-2021, 2021
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This work analyzes an original high-resolution data set collected in the Mediterranean Sea. The major result is the impact of a fine-scale frontal structure on the distribution of phytoplankton groups, in an area of moderate energy with oligotrophic conditions. Our results provide an in situ confirmation of the findings obtained by previous modeling studies and remote sensing about the structuring effect of the fine-scale ocean dynamics on the structure of the phytoplankton community.
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Understanding how the ocean moves heat, nutrients, and pollution is vital for climate studies and ecosystem health. We examined eddies in the western Mediterranean Sea using innovative satellite observations from the Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission. Compared to existing data, we detected major differences in eddy patterns. These advances improve our ability to monitor the ocean, manage marine pollution, and support sustainable maritime activities.
Understanding how the ocean moves heat, nutrients, and pollution is vital for climate studies...
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