mon océan & moi

Average chlorophyll concentration in the surface ocean (from mi-September 1997 to August 2007) from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS (NASA). Subtropical gyres, in the center of the oceanic basins, are characterized by very low concentrations of chlorophyll a (dark blue) - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)

Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the global ocean.

Satellite observation (GEOS-12) of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 in the Gulf of Mexico - Source : NASA-NOAA

Jellyfish Pelagia noctilica  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Radiolarians  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Larva of decapod crustacean  (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Préparation et mise à l'eau des mésocosmes sur le ponton de l'observatoire océanologique de Villefranche lors de l'expérience menée en rade de Villefranche en février 2013 (© L. Maugendre, LOV)

Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni

Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)

Dinoflagellés Ceratium massiliense var protuberans (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Carte bathymétrique mondiale

Large rosette sampler used in the "World Ocean Circulation Experiment". This rosette has 36 10-liter Niskin bottles, an acoustic pinger (lower left), an "LADCP" current profiler (yellow long tube at the center), a CTD (horizontal instrument at the bottom), and transmissometer (yellow short tube at the center). (Photo : L. Talley)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)