Thomas Gorgues
IRD - LPO
Institut Européen de la Mer
Plouzane, 29280
– FRANCE
Phone: +33 2 90 91 53 61
Email: thomas.gorgues(at)ird.fr

 

   Personal Interests

 

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Research experiences & Education

2011-2012

Postdoctoral Fellow.  IRD/LPO, IUEM.

 

2009-2010

Postdoctoral Fellow.  CNRS/IUEM, centre IRD de Bretagne.

 

2007-2008

Postdoctoral Fellow.  Joint Institute for the Study of Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO), School of Oceanography (University of Washington, USA).

  • Biogeochemical impact of a variable iron source in the western Pacific.

  • A process study of the uptake of anthropogenic CO2 in the north Pacific.

2006

Ph. D in Oceanography, with honors. Université Paris VI (Paris, France)
Thesis:
“Biogeochemical modelisation of the equatorial Pacific”.
Advisor: Christophe Menkes & Yves Dandonneau (LOCEAN, Paris).
 

2004

Cruise in the north Atlantic (Iceland-Newfoundland) aboard the Skogafoss.
XBT and water sampling.
 

2003

Master Degree in oceanography, meteorology and environmental sciences, with honors.
Université Paris VI.

Cruise in the Mediterranean Sea, Rorqual Tagging.


 

Publications

Gorgues, T., O. Menage, T. Terre, F. Gaillard (2011), An innovative approach of the surface layer sampling, J. Sci. Hal. Aquat., 4, 105:109

Gorgues, T., O. Aumont, K.B. Rodgers (2010), A mechanistic account of increasing seasonal variations in the rate of ocean uptake anthropogenic carbon, Biogeosciences, 7, 2581:2589, [doi:10.5194/bg-7-2581-2010]

Gorgues, T., C. Menkes, L. Slemons, O. Aumont, Y. Dandonneau, M.-H. Radenac, S. Alvain, C. Moulin (2010), Revisiting the la Nina 1998 phytoplankton blooms in the equatorial Pacific, Deep Sea Research I, [doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2009.12.008]

Slemons, L, T. Gorgues , O. Aumont, C. Menkes, J.W. Murray (2009), Biogeochemical impact of a model western iron source in the Pacific, Deep Sea Research I, [doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2009.08.005]

Rodgers, K.B., O. Aumont, C. Menkes, T. Gorgues (2008), Decadal variations in equatorial Pacific ecosystems and ferocline/pycnocline decoupling, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 22, [doi:10.1029/2006GB002919]

Dandonneau, Y., C. Menkes, O. Duteil, T. Gorgues (2008), Concentration of floating biogenic material in convergence zones, Journal of Marine Systems, 69, 226:232, [doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2006.02.016]

Gorgues, T., C. Menkes, O. Aumont, Y. Dandonneau, G. Madec, K.B. Rodgers (2007), Indonesian Throughflow control of the eastern equatorial Pacific biogeochemistry, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L05609, [doi:10.1029/2006GL028210]

Lengaigne, M., C. Menkes, O. Aumont, T. Gorgues, L. Bopp, J-M. André, G. Madec (2007), Influence of the oceanic biology on the tropical Pacific climate in a Coupled General Circulation Model, Climate Dynamics, 28, N5, [doi:10.1007/s00382-006-0200-2]

Gorgues, T., C. Menkes, O. Aumont, J. Vialard, Y. Dandonneau, Bopp L. (2005), Biogeochemical impact of Tropical Instability Waves in the Equatorial Pacific, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L24615, [doi:10.1029/2005GL024110]

Dandonneau, Y., C. Menkes, T. Gorgues, G. Madec (2004), Response to Comment on "Oceanic Rossby Waves Acting As a `Hay Rake' for Ecosystem Floating By-Products", Science, 304: 390, [doi: 10.1126/science.1095997] (in Technical Comments)


 

              

Communications

              

Gorgues, T., O. Aumont, O. Maury, L. Bopp, “Results and evaluation of a global marine end-to-end ecosystem model (NEMO/PISCES/APECOSM)”, MEECE Science meeting, Heraklion (Greece), February 2010.

Aumont, O., A. Tagliabue, L. Bopp, T. Gorgues, "Sediment mobilization: revisiting the iron hypothesis ", Geotraces workshop, Paris (France), December 2009.

Gorgues, T., C. Menkes, O. Aumont, J. Murray, L. Slemons, “The iron phases, a crucial factor for the biomass variability in the Pacific HNLC region”, Geotraces workshop, Paris (France), December 2009.

Radenac, M.H., C. Menkes, G. Eldin, V. Faure, D. Dagorne, E. Zakharova, T. Gorgues, P. Marchiesello, M. Messié, “Oceanic Seasonal Variability north of Papua New Guinea an integrated approach”, American Geoscience Union, Orlando (USA), March 2008.

Ossiander, L., J. Murray, T. Gorgues, O. Aumont, "Control by the iron fist: Modeling Biogeochemical Cycling in the Equatorial Pacific", Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu (USA), February 2006.

Menkes, C., T. Gorgues, S. Alvain, O. Aumont, L. Bopp, C. Moulin, Y. Dandonneau, S. Cravatte, “Unusual blooms in the equatorial Pacific in 1998: A model point of view”, ENSO Conference, Guayaquil (Ecuador), May 2005.

Cravatte, S., C. Menkes, T. Gorgues, O. Aumont, “Sensitivity of the modeled Dynamics and Biochemistry of the Equatorial Pacific Ocean to Wind Forcing during the 1997-1999 ENSO”, ENSO Conference, Guayaquil (Ecuador), May 2005.

Menkes, C., T. Gorgues, S. Alvain, O. Aumont, L. Bopp, C. Moulin, Y. Dandonneau, S. Cravatte, "Unusual blooms in the equatorial Pacific in 1998: A model point of view", European Geosciences Union, Vienne (Austria), April 2005.

Gorgues, T., C. Menkes, O. Aumont, Y. Dandonneau, J. Vialard, S. Kennan, “Biogeochemical modeling study of Tropical Instability Waves in Pacific Ocean”, European Geosciences Union, Vienne (Austria), April 2005.

Gorgues, T., C. Menkes, O. Aumont, Y. Dandonneau, J. Vialard, S.C. Kennan, “Biogeochemical modeling study of Tropical Instability Waves in Pacific ocean”, American Geophysical Union, San-Francisco (USA), December 2004 [oral].

Menkes, C., T. Gorgues, S. Alvain, O. Aumont, L. Bopp, C. Moulin, Y. Dandonneau, S. Cravatte, “Unusual blooms in the equatorial Pacific in 1998: A model point of view”, American Geophysical Union, San-Francisco (USA), December 2004 [oral].

Gorgues, T., C. Menkes, K. Rodgers, O. Aumont, G. Madec, D. Iudicone, J. Vialard, Y. Dandonneau, J. Murray, "The influence of the Indonesian Throughflow on the eastern Pacific biogeochemical conditions", European Geosciences Union, Nice (France) April 2004.


 

              

References

               Olivier Aumont :
Centre IRD de Bretagne, Plouzané, France,
Email: Olivier.aumont(at)ird.fr

Yves Dandonneau :
LOCEAN/IRD, Paris, France,

Email: yves.dandonneau(at)locean-ipsl.upmc.fr

Christophe Menkes :
LOCEAN/IRD, Nouméa, New Caledonia,

Email: christophe.menkes(at)noumea.ird.nc

James Murray :
School of Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle
, USA,
Email: jmurray(at)u.washington.edu

Keith Rodgers :
Princeton university, 302 Sayre Hall, USA,

Email: krodgers(at)princeton.edu