Coastal ocean and nearshore observation : A French case study

Lucie Cocquempot; Christophe Delacourt; Jérôme Paillet; Philippe Riou; Jerome Aucan; Bruno Castelle; Guillaume Charria; Joachim Claudet; Pascal Conan; Laurent Coppola; Régis Hocdé; Serge Planes; Patrick Raimbault; Nicolas Savoye; Laurent Testut; Renaud Vuillemin

doi:10.3389/fmars.2019.00324

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Coastal ocean and nearshore observation : A French case study

Lucie Cocquempot ^{1, 2} Christophe Delacourt ¹ Jérôme Paillet ² Philippe Riou ² Jerome Aucan ³ Bruno Castelle ⁴ Guillaume Charria ⁵ Joachim Claudet ⁶ Pascal Conan ⁷ Laurent Coppola ⁸ Régis Hocdé ⁹ Serge Planes ⁶ Patrick Raimbault ⁶ Nicolas Savoye ⁵ Laurent Testut ¹⁰ Renaud Vuillemin ⁷

1 LGO - Laboratoire Géosciences Océan

2 IFREMER - Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer

3 LEGOS - Laboratoire d'études en Géophysique et océanographie spatiales

4 EPOC - Environnements et Paléoenvironnements OCéaniques

5 LOPS - Laboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Spatiale

6 CRIOBE - Centre de recherches insulaires et observatoire de l'environnement

7 LOMIC - Laboratoire d'Océanographie Microbienne

8 LOV - Laboratoire d'océanographie de Villefranche

9 UMR MARBEC - MARine Biodiversity Exploitation and Conservation

10 LIENSs - LIttoral ENvironnement et Sociétés - UMRi 7266

Abstract : To understand and predict the physical, chemical, and biological processes at play in coastal and nearshore marine areas requires an integrated, interdisciplinary approach. The case study of the French structuration of coastal ocean and nearshore observing systems provides an original overview on a federative research infrastructure named ILICO. It is a notable example of national structuration and pan-institution efforts to investigate the forefront of knowledge on the processes at work within the critical coastal zone. ILICO comprises, in a pluridisciplinary approach, eight distributed network-systems of observation and data analysis that are accredited and financially supported by French research institutions and the French Ministry for Higher Education, Research, and Innovation. ILICO observation points are implemented along metropolitan and overseas French coasts, where coastline dynamics, sea level evolution, physical and biogeochemical water properties, coastal water dynamics, phytoplankton composition, and health of coral reefs are monitored in order to address a wide range of scientific questions. To give an overview of the diversity and potential of the observations carried out, this paper offers a detailed presentation of three constituting networks: Service Observation en Milieu LITtoral (SOMLIT), with homogeneous sampling strategies, DYNALIT, with heterogeneous sampling strategies adapted to different environments, and Mediterranean Ocean Observing System for the Environment (MOOSE), an integrated, pluri-disciplinary coastal/offshore regional observatory in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea. ILICO was conceived using a European framework. It addresses the great challenges of the next decade in terms of sustainability, cost-efficiency, interoperability, and innovation. This paper emphasizes the added-value of federating these systems, and highlights some recommendations for the future.

Keywords : coastline coastal ocean observation infrastructure national structuration interdisciplinary

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Sciences of the Universe [physics] / Earth Sciences

Sciences of the Universe [physics] / Ocean, Atmosphere

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