Refereed Publications

Testor P. and J.-C. Gascard, 2006: Post convection spreading phase in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea,

Deep Sea Res. Part I,

53, 869-893, doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2006.02.004.

Testor P., Send U., Gascard J.-C., Millot C., Taupier-Letage I., and K. Béranger, 2005: The mean circulation of the southwestern Mediterranean Sea - the Algerian Gyres,

J. Geophys. Res.,

110, C11017, doi:10.1029/2004JC002861, 2005.

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Testor P. and J.-C. Gascard, 2005: Large scale flow separation and mesoscale eddy formation in the Algerian Basin,

Progr. Oceanogr.,

66, 2-4, 211-230.

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Testor P., Béranger K., and L. Mortier, 2005: Modeling the deep eddy field in the southwestern Mediterranean: the life cycle of Sardinian Eddies,

Geophys. Res. Let.,

32, No. 13, L13602, doi:10.1029/2004GL022283.

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D’Ortenzio F., Iudicone D., de Boyer Montegut C., Testor P., Antoine D., Marullo S., Santoleri R., and G. Madec, 2005: Seasonal variability of the mixed layer depth in the Mediterranean Sea as derived from in situ profiles,

Geophys. Res. Let.,

32, No. 12, L12605, doi:10.1029/2005GL022463.

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Skarsoulis E., Send U., Piperakis G., and P. Testor, 2004: Acoustic thermometry of the western Mediterranean Basin,

J. Acous. Soc. Amer.,

116 (2), 790-798.

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Testor P. and J.-C. Gascard, 2003: Large scale spreading of deep waters in the western Mediterranean Sea by submesoscale coherent eddies,

J. Phys. Oceanogr.,

33, 75-87.

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PhD Thesis

Testor P., 2002: Lagrangian study of meso and submesoscale eddies in the western Mediterranean Sea : phenomenology and interaction with the general circulation (Sup. J.-C. Gascard),

PhD thesis, Université Pierre & Marie Curie,

Paris, France.

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Other Publications

Testor P., Send U., Millot C., and I. Taupier-Letage, 2004: The Algerian Gyres,

CIESM, Barcelona,

June 2004.

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Brix H., Hench J.L., Johnson H.L., Johnston T. M. S., Polton J.A., Roughan M., and P. Testor, 2003: An international perspective on graduate education in physical oceanography,

Oceanography,

16(3), 128-133.

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Béranger K., Testor P., Mortier L., Gascard J.-C., Crépon M., Siefridt L., and Y. Drillet, 2001: Modélisation haute résolution de la mer Méditerranée : le bassin occidental,

CIESM, Monaco,

September 2001.

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Communications

Testor P., Send, U., D'Ortenzio F., Terre T., and G. Zappala, Meso- and submeso-scale circulations of Atlantic Water in the Ionian Sea,

EGU,

Vienna, Austria, April 2006. (poster)

D'Ortenzio F., Niewiadomska K., Claustre H., Antoine D., and P. Testor, Monitoring the NW Mediterranean using coupled biogeochemical-physical platforms,

ARGO 2nd science meeting,

Venice, Italy, March 2006. (poster)

Testor P. et al. (sollicited), The development of the glider system,

MERSEA annual meeting,

London, UK, March 2006.

Tintoré J., Alvarez A., Basterretxea G., Casas B., Garau B., Martínez M., Roig D., Vizoso G., Testor P., Send U., Lherminier P., and T. Terre, MERSEA Glider operations in the Mediterranean Sea,

MERSEA annual meeting,

London, UK, March 2006. (poster)

L'Heveder B., Mortier L., and P. Testor, Un simulateur de vol pour gliders : OPAGLI,

AEI,

Brest, France, January 2006. (poster)

Claustre H., Lewis M., Loisel H., Loaec G., Testor P., Prieur L., and K. Niewiadomska, Utilisation de plateformes d'observation pour l'acquisition de données biogéochimiques à haute fréquence : profileur PROVOR et glider équipés de capteurs bio-optiques,

GMMC,

Toulouse, France, October 2005.

Testor P. (invited), The Slocum gliders - MFSTEP project,

Untethered Underwater Vehicle meeting,

Bergen, Norway, August 2005.

Tintoré J., Alvarez A., Casas B., Vizoso G., Testor P., Send U., Lherminier P., and T. Terre, Preparing MERSEA glider operation,

MERSEA annual meeting,

Toulouse, France, March 2005. (poster)

Testor P., Send U., Zappala G., Jones C., Terre T., Azzaro M., Casas B., Lherminier P., Petit de la Villeon L., Alvarez A., Begler C., Karstensen J., and T. Csernok, New capabilities offered by gliders,

MERSEA annual meeting,

Toulouse, France, March 2005. (poster)

Testor P. (sollicited), New capabilities offered by gliders,

MERSEA annual meeting,

Toulouse, France, March 2005.

Testor P. (invited), Preliminary results from the MEDGLIDERS experiment (MFSTEP project),

SOC seminars,

Southampton, UK, March 2005.

Testor P. (invited), Résultats préliminaires de l'expérience MEDGLIDERS (projet MFSTEP),

Séminaires du LOCEAN,

Paris, France, March 2005.

Testor P. (invited), Résultats préliminaires de l'expérience MEDGLIDERS (projet MFSTEP),

Séminaires du LOV,

Villefranche-sur-Mer, France, March 2005.

Testor P. and U. Send, WP5: Group discussion,

MFSTEP 2nd annual meeting,

Bologna, Italy, February 2005.

Testor P., Send U., Zappala G., Petit de la Villeon L., Terre T., Jones C., and B. Casas, WP5: MEDGLIDERS,

MFSTEP 2nd annual meeting,

Bologna, Italy, February 2005.

Testor P., Terre T., Zappala G., and U. Send, First deployment of the MFSTEP glider,

MERSEA observational meeting,

Kiel, Germany, October 2004.

Testor P., Send U., Millot C., and I. Taupier-Letage, The Algerian Gyres,

CIESM, Barcelona,

June 2004.

Testor P. and U. Send, Integrated strategy for the deployment of MERSEA gliders,

MERSEA kick-off meeting,

Brest, April 2004.

Testor P. (invited), Review of the glider experiments carried out at IFM-Kiel,

preliminary MERSEA glider meeting,

Brest, France, March 2004.

Testor P. and U. Send, Presentation of WP5 group discussion,

MFSTEP annual meeting,

Brest, March 2004.

Testor P. and U. Send, WP5: MEDGLIDERS experiment,

MFSTEP annual meeting,

Brest, March 2004.

Testor P. and U. Send, Spreading phase of deep convection in the western Mediterranean Sea: interaction with topography,

AGU Ocean Sciences meeting,

Portland, Oregon, USA, January 2004.

Send U., Testor P., Karstensen J., Lankhorst M., Fischer J., Koertzinger A., Roemmich D., and P.-Y. Le Traon, Argo and other observing systems – issues and challenges,

ARGO final science meeting,

Tokyo, Japan, November 2003.

Testor P. and U. Send : Initial design of the glider,

MFSTEP observational meeting,

Santa Teresa, Italy, October 2003.

Testor P. and U. Send, WP5 strategy,

MFSTEP observational meeting,

Santa Teresa, Italy, October 2003.

Testor P., Beranger K., Mortier L., and J.-C. Gascard, New knowledge of the LIW detachment from the western Sardinian slope,

EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly,

session "The Mediterranean Sea: A Laboratory Basin for Interdisciplinary Studies", Nice, France, April 2003. (poster)

Nayagum D., Alhammoud B., Testor P., Béranger K. and L. Mortier, A 'partial cells' general circulation model of the Mediterranean,

EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly,

session "The Mediterranean Sea: A Laboratory Basin for Interdisciplinary Studies", Nice, France, April 2003. (poster)

Testor P. and U. Send, A new technology for basin wide monitoring: GLIDERS,

MFSTEP kick-off meeting,

Bologna, Italy, March 2003.

Brix H., Polton J., Roughan M., Johnston T. M. S., Hench J., Testor P., and H. L. Johnson, An international perspective on post graduate education in physical oceanography,

AGU fall meeting,

San Francisco, USA, December 2002.

Testor P. (invited), Etude lagrangienne de circulations tourbillonnaires de méso et de submésoéchelle en Méditerranée occidentale : phénoménologie et interaction avec la circulation générale,

Séminaires du LPO,

Brest, France, November 2002.

Testor P. (invited), Lagrangian Study of mesoscale and submesoscale eddies in the Western Mediterranean Sea: the spreading phase of deep convection,

PODS I,

Breckenridge, Colorado, USA, June 2002.

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NORBAL team, The vernal bloom in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea: an unique combination of physical and biological events,

EGS XXVII General Assembly,

session "Mediterranean general circulation and climate variability", Nice, France, April 2002.

Testor P. and J.-C. Gascard, Observation of a Levantine Intermediate Water eddy in the Algerian Basin,

EGS XXVII General Assembly,

session "Mediterranean general circulation and climate variability", Nice, France, April 2002.

Eldevik T., Drange H., Gascard J.-C., Testor P., and G. Alendal, Deep convection and submesoscale coherent vortices in the Greenland Sea,

IAPSO,

Mar del Plata, Argentina, October 2001.

Béranger K., Testor P., Mortier L., Gascard J.-C., Crépon M., Siefridt L., and Y. Drillet, Modélisation haute résolution de la mer Méditerranée : le bassin occidental,

CIESM, Monaco,

September 2001.

Testor P. and J.-C. Gascard, Spreading phase of deep convection in the western Mediterranean sea by Submesoscale Coherent Vortices : new results and perspectives,

EGS XXVI General Assembly,

session "small and mesoscale processes", Nice, France, March 2001. (poster)

Gascard J.-C., Olsson A., Messias M.-J., Watson A., Testor P., Yiou F., and G. Raisbeck, Coherent Vortices, deep convection and thermohaline circulation,

EGS XXVI General Assembly,

session "small and mesoscale processes", Nice, France, March 2001.

Gascard J.-C., Rouault C., and P. Testor, Submesoscale Coherent Vortices and deep convection in the Greenland Sea,

EGS XXV General Assembly,

session "small and mesoscale processes", Nice, France, April 2000.

Testor P. and J.-C. Gascard, Deep water formation and spreading by Submesoscale Coherent Vortices in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea,

EGS XXV General Assembly,

session "small and mesoscale processes", Nice, France, April 2000.

Gascard J.-C., Rouault C., and P. Testor, General ocean circulation and subsurface mesoscale eddies in the Algerian Basin,

4th Mediterranean Targeted Project workshop MATER,

Perpignan, France, October 1999.

Testor P., Gascard J.-C., and A. Lourenco, Large and mesoscale circulation in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea,

4th Mediterranean Targeted Project workshop MATER,

Perpignan, France, October 1999.