The National Glider Days took place on 7 & 8 December 2023 on the premises of the OCEANOMED Mediterranean building in Luminy Marseille, organised by Anthony Bosse (MIO), François Bourrin (CEFREM) and Laurent Coppola (IMEV).
The discussions were rich and fruitful!
The scientific programme was as follows:
Thursday 7 December 2023 (OceanoMed Amphi)
Session 1 Thursday 7 December 2023 - 9am-12.30pm (chairman F.Bourrin)
A. M'Hamdi et al, LEGOS. Internal solitary tides imprints on chlorophyll detected from ocean color and from new in-situ glider data off the amazon shelf
M. Dupont et al, ENSTA. Glider and Whales: Using an acoustic glider to improve knowledge of cetaceans
A. Bosse et al, MIO. Glider observations across the scales of ocean dynamics during BioSWOT-Med cruise
E. Chevillon et al, MIO. The glider/UVP coupling, a major asset for studying the biological carbon pump? Initial feedback from the APERO campaign
Panaiotis T, M. Picheral et al., Temporal evolution of particles and plankton distributions across a mesoscale front during the spring bloom
L. Coppola et al, IMEV. High-resolution study of air-sea CO2 flux and net community oxygen production in the Ligurian Sea using a fleet of underwater gliders
E. Portela et al, Norwich/LOPS. Physical and biogeochemical conditions during unprecedented high fluorescence observations in the Ross Sea
C. Dupouy et al, MIO, SOKOWASA, an oceanography project: study the health of south Fijian Ocean ecosystem
Session 2Thursday 7 December 2023 - 2pm-5.30pm (Chairman A.Bosse)
F. Bourrin et al, CEFREM. Feedback from ANR MELANGE: measurements of sediment hydrodynamics near a deep dune field.
F. Jourdin et al, SHOM. A SEAEXPLORER measures water transparency
S. Homrani et al, SHOM. Validation of tidal-current measured from Glider observations
A. Pietri et al, LOCEAN, Glider operations in Peru: monitoring El Nino and marine heat waves
S. Martini et al, MIO. The BIOLUMOPS project: Marine bioluminescence, in situ spatio-temporal observations by underwater glider
A. Heumann et al, ALSEAMAR. Continuous real-time monitoring of fluid emissions in Mayotte, using a SeaExplorer
B. Queste et al, Uni. Goteborg, VOTO. Ventilation of the upper Arabian Sea Oxygen Minimum Zone
P. Testor et al, LOCEAN. Towards OceanGliders Best Practices and Standards
Friday 8 December 2023 (OceanoMed Amphi)
Session 3Friday 8 December 2023 - 9am-12.30pm (Chairman L.Coppola)
F. Margirier et al, ALSEAMAR. The SeaExplorer's new onboard computing capabilities: the example of the LADCP backscatter index (BI) and near-real-time currents (NRT).
R. Emmetiere et al, ALSEAMAR. The next generation of gliders for passive acoustics (PAM)
R. Tricarico et al, Rockland Scientific. Study of turbulence using gliders
Discussion / Round table 10.30 a.m. - 12.30 p.m.
GT Glider update & national activities (F.Bourrin)
Round table discussion : Future, towards a Glider Instrumented National Park
Session 4Friday 8 December 2023 - 2pm - 3pm
Visit to the MIO technical labs with the SAM team
Closing of the meeting
