FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Observation of oxygen ventilation into deep waters through targeted deployment of multiple Argo-O 2 floats in the north-western Mediterranean Sea in 2013 BT AF COPPOLA, L. PRIEUR, L. TAUPIER-LETAGE, I. ESTOURNEL, C. TESTOR, P. LEFEVRE, D. BELAMARI, S. LE RESTE, Serge TAILLANDIER, V. AS 1:1;2:1;3:2;4:3;5:4;6:2;7:5;8:6;9:1; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:PDG-REM-RDT-SI2M;9:; C1 Univ Paris 06, Sorbonne Univ, UPMC, CNRS,Lab Oceanog Villefranche, Villefranche Sur Mer, France. Univ Toulon & Var, Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, INSU,IRD,Mediterranean Inst Oceanog, Marseille, France. Univ Toulouse, CNRS, Lab Aerol, Toulouse, France. UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, IRD, MNHN,LOCEAN, Paris, France. GAME, CNRM, CNRS, Meteo France, Toulouse, France. IFREMER, RDT, I2M, Brest, France. C2 UNIV PARIS 06, FRANCE UNIV TOULON, FRANCE UNIV TOULOUSE, FRANCE UNIV PARIS 06, FRANCE METEO FRANCE, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE SI BREST SE PDG-REM-RDT-SI2M IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 copubli-france copubli-univ-france IF 2.711 TC 22 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00395/50594/51311.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00395/50594/51390.pdf LA English DT Article CR DEWEX-MERMEX 2013 LEG1 DEWEX-MERMEX 2013 LEG2 MOOSE-GE 2012 BO Le Suroît DE ;dense water formation;north-western Mediterranean Sea;dissolved oxygen;Argo floats;deep water ventilation AB During the winter 2013, an intense observation and monitoring was performed in the north-western Mediterranean Sea to study deep water formation process that drives thermohaline circulation and biogeochemical processes (HYMEX SOP2 and DEWEX projects). To observe intensively and continuously the impact of deep convection on oxygen (O2) ventilation, an observation strategy was based on the enhancement of the Argo-O2 floats to monitor the offshore dense water formation area (DWF) in the Gulf of Lion prior to and at the end of the convective period (December 2012 to April 2013). The intense O2 measurements performed through shipborne CTD casts and Argo-O2 floats deployment revealed an O2 inventory rapidly impacted by mixed layer (ML) deepening on the month scale. The open-sea convection in winter 2013 ventilated the deep waters from mid-February to the end of May 2013. The newly ventilated dense water volume, based on an Apparent Oxygen Utilization (AOU) threshold, was estimated to be about 1.5 × 1013 m3 during the DWF episode, increasing the deep O2 concentrations from 196 to 205 µmol kg−1 in the north-western basin. PY 2017 PD AUG SO Journal Of Geophysical Research-oceans SN 2169-9275 PU Amer Geophysical Union VL 122 IS 8 UT 000410790600016 BP 6325 EP 6341 DI 10.1002/2016JC012594 ID 50594 ER EF