Long-term monitoring programme of the hydrological variability in the Mediterranean Sea: a first overview of the HYDROCHANGES network

Type Article
Date 2013
Language English
Author(s) Schroeder K.1, Millot C.2, 3, 4, 5, Bengara L.6, Ben Ismail Sana7, Bensi Manuel8, Borghini M.1, Budillon G.9, Cardin Vanessa8, Coppola Laurent10, 11, Curtil Colin12, Drago Aldo13, El Moumni B.6, Font J.14, Fuda Jean-Luc2, 3, 4, 5, Garcia-Lafuente J.15, Gasparini G. P.1, Kontoyiannis H.16, Lefevre D.2, 3, 4, 5, Puig P.14, Raimbault Patrick2, 3, 4, 5, Rougier Gilles2, 3, 4, 5, Salat J.14, Sammari Cherif7, Sanchez Garrido J. C.15, Sanchez-Roman A.15, Sparnocchia Stefania17, Tamburini C.2, 3, 4, 5, Taupier-Letage IsabelleORCID2, 3, 4, 5, Theocharis A.16, Vargas-Yanez M.18, Vetrano Anna1
Affiliation(s) 1 : CNR ISMAR, I-19036 Pozzuolo Di Lerici, La Spezia, Italy.
2 : Aix Marseille Univ, Mediterranean Inst Oceanog MIO, F-13288 Marseille 09, France.
3 : Univ Sud Toulon Var, F-83957 La Garde, France.
4 : CNRS, INSU, MIO, UMR 7294, F-13288 Marseille, France.
5 : IRD, MIO, UR235, F-13288 Marseille, France.
6 : Univ Abdelmalek ESSAADI, Fp Larache, Morocco.
7 : INSTM, Salammbo 2025, Tunisia.
8 : Ist Nazl Oceanog & Geofis Sperimentale, I-34010 Trieste, Italy.
9 : Univ Studi Napoli Parthenope, I-80143 Naples, Italy.
10 : Univ Paris 06, Observ Oceanol Villefranche Sur Mer, UMS829, F-06234 Villefranche Sur Mer, France.
11 : CNRS, Observ Oceanol Villefranche Sur Mer, UMS829, INSU, F-06234 Villefranche Sur Mer, France.
12 : Aix Marseille Univ, CPPM, CNRS, IN2P3, Marseille, France.
13 : Univ Malta, Phys Oceanog Unit, IOI Malta Operat Ctr, Msida, Malta.
14 : CSIC, Inst Ciencies Mar, E-08003 Barcelona, Spain.
15 : Univ Malaga, Phys Oceanog Grp, E-29071 Malaga, Spain.
16 : Hellen Ctr Marine Res, Anavyssos 19013, Greece.
17 : CNR ISMAR, I-34123 Trieste, Italy.
18 : Ctr Oceanog Malaga, Inst Espanol Oceanog, Malaga 29640, Spain.
Source Ocean Science (1812-0784) (Copernicus Gesellschaft Mbh), 2013 , Vol. 9 , N. 2 , P. 301-324
DOI 10.5194/os-9-301-2013
WOS© Times Cited 42
Abstract The long-term monitoring of basic hydrological parameters (temperature and salinity), collected as time series with adequate temporal resolution (i.e. with a sampling interval allowing the resolution of all important timescales) in key places of the Mediterranean Sea (straits and channels, zones of dense water formation, deep parts of the basins), constitute a priority in the context of global changes. This led CIESM (The Mediterranean Science Commission) to support, since 2002, the HYDROCHANGES programme (www.ciesm.org/marine/programs/hydrochanges.htm), a network of autonomous conductivity, temperature, and depth (CTD) sensors, deployed on mainly short and easily manageable subsurface moorings, within the core of a certain water mass. The HYDROCHANGES strategy is twofold and develops on different scales. To get information about long-term changes of hydrological characteristics, long time series are needed. But before these series are long enough they allow the detection of links between them at shorter timescales that may provide extremely valuable information about the functioning of the Mediterranean Sea. The aim of this paper is to present the history of the programme and the current set-up of the network (monitored sites, involved groups) as well as to provide for the first time an overview of all the time series collected under the HYDROCHANGES umbrella, discussing the results obtained thanks to the programme.
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Schroeder K., Millot C., Bengara L., Ben Ismail Sana, Bensi Manuel, Borghini M., Budillon G., Cardin Vanessa, Coppola Laurent, Curtil Colin, Drago Aldo, El Moumni B., Font J., Fuda Jean-Luc, Garcia-Lafuente J., Gasparini G. P., Kontoyiannis H., Lefevre D., Puig P., Raimbault Patrick, Rougier Gilles, Salat J., Sammari Cherif, Sanchez Garrido J. C., Sanchez-Roman A., Sparnocchia Stefania, Tamburini C., Taupier-Letage Isabelle, Theocharis A., Vargas-Yanez M., Vetrano Anna (2013). Long-term monitoring programme of the hydrological variability in the Mediterranean Sea: a first overview of the HYDROCHANGES network. Ocean Science, 9(2), 301-324. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.5194/os-9-301-2013 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00217/32783/