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Building the capacity for forecasting marine biogeochemistry and ecosystems: recent advances and future developments

M. Gehlen 1, 2 R. Barciela 3 L. Bertino 4 Pierre Brasseur 5 M. Butenschön 6 F. Chai 7 A. Crise 8 Yann Drillet 9 D. Ford 3 D. Lavoie 10 P. Lehodey 11 C. Perruche 9 A. Samuelsen 4 E. Simon 4
1 LSCE - Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette]
2 MERMAID - Modelling the Earth Response to Multiple Anthropogenic Interactions and Dynamics
LSCE - Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette] : DRF/LSCE
3 United Kingdom Met Office [Exeter]
4 NERSC - Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center [Bergen]
5 LGGE - Laboratoire de glaciologie et géophysique de l'environnement
6 PML - Plymouth Marine Laboratory
7 University of Maine
8 OGS - Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e di Oceanografia Sperimentale
9 Mercator Océan
10 Maurice Lamontagne Institute
11 CLS - Collecte Localisation Satellites
Abstract : Building the capacity for monitoring and forecasting marine biogeochemistry and ecosystem dynamics is a scientific challenge of strategic importance in the context of rapid environmental change and growing public awareness of its potential impacts on marine ecosystems and resources. National Operational Oceanography centres have started to take up this challenge by integrating biogeochemistry in operational systems. Ongoing activities are illustrated in this paper by presenting examples of (pre-)operational biogeochemical systems active in Europe and North America for global to regional applications. First-order principles underlying biogeochemical modelling are briefly introduced along with the description of biogeochemical components implemented in these systems. Applications are illustrated with examples from the fields of hindcasting and monitoring ocean primary production, the assessment of the ocean carbon cycle and the management of living resources. Despite significant progress over the past 5 years in integrating biogeochemistry into (pre-)operational data-assimilation systems, a sustained research effort is still needed to assess these systems and their products with respect to their usefulness to the management of marine systems.
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M. Gehlen, R. Barciela, L. Bertino, Pierre Brasseur, M. Butenschön, et al.. Building the capacity for forecasting marine biogeochemistry and ecosystems: recent advances and future developments. Journal of Operational Oceanography, Taylor & Francis, 2015, 8 (1), ⟨10.1080/1755876X.2015.1022350⟩. ⟨insu-01349493⟩

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