Near-Coastal Features of the NW Mediterranean Sea - Space and Time Heterogeneity of Atmospheric Forcing, Vertical Mixing and Algal Blooming, from Satellite Observations and Model Simulations (1997-2007)
Data derived from satellite observations and model simulations were used to assess space¿time heterogeneity of atmospheric forcing, vertical mixing and algal blooming of the Ligurian-Provençal Sea, in the north-western Mediterranean basin. The ecosystem response to changing seasonal conditions in the Gulf of Lion (40.5¿42.5°N, 3.5¿7.5°E) was examined over 10 consecutive annual cycles (September 1997 ¿ September 2007). In this environmental hotspot, atmospheric forcing causes deep convective processes and consequent nutrient upwelling in the water column. As phytoplankton growth in the otherwise oligotrophic basin is always nutrient-limited, the blooming triggered by these processes reflects the prevailing wind field patterns.
BARALE Vittorio;
GARCIA GORRIZ Elisa;
HOEPFFNER Nicolas;
STIPS Adolf;
2009-04-17
OPOCE
JRC49504
1018-5593,
EUR 23708 EN,
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC49504,
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