BioSWOT AdAC project accepted by NASA/CNES joint call

The BioSWOT AdAC project  (PI F.d'Ovidio, LOCEAN-IPSL, co-PIs A.M.Doglioli and G.Grégori, MIO) has been accepted by the NASA/CNES joint call.

The objective of this project is the scientific exploitation of the very first observations from the future SWOT satellite (Surface Water and Ocean Topography) beyond physical oceanography, focusing in particular on current biophysical issues.

The SWOT satellite is scheduled to be launched in 2022 and researchers from the international BioSWOT Adopt A Cross Over consortium are planning a series of oceanographic cruises at several sites in the global ocean to develop multidisciplinary in situ experiments to study the fine-scale dynamics of ocean currents and their role in structuring marine biodiversity.

Publication

Frontiers in Fine-Scale in situ Studies: Opportunities During the SWOT Fast Sampling Phase
Authors : Francesco d’Ovidio, Ananda Pascual, Jinbo Wang, Andrea M. Doglioli (MIO), Zhao Jing, Sebastien Moreau, Gérald Grégori (MIO), Sebastian Swart, Sabrina Speich, Frédéric Cyr, Benoit Legresy, Yi Chao, Lee Fu and Rosemary Anne Morrow
Front. Mar. Sci., 30 April 2019 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00168

Oceanographic Cruises

BIOSWOT, OSCAHR, PROTEVS-BIOSWOT, FUMSECK