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Christine Provost is affiliated with the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique in Burkina Faso. Their research focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with notable contributions to Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry, Global and Planetary Change, and Geology.

The scientific topics covered by their work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Climate variability and models, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Climate change and permafrost, and Geological Studies and Exploration.

Among their recent publications are:

  • "The new CNES-CLS18 global mean dynamic topography", 2021, Ocean science
  • "A Review of Arctic-Subarctic Ocean Linkages: Past Changes, Mechanisms, and Future Projections", 2023, Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Research
  • "Atlantic Water Modification North of Svalbard in the Mercator Physical System From 2007 to 2020", 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • "Changes in Freshwater Distribution and Pathways in the Arctic Ocean Since 2007 in the Mercator Ocean Global Operational System", 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • "The erosive power of the Malvinas Current: Influence of bottom currents on morpho-sedimentary features along the northern Argentine margin (SW Atlantic Ocean)", 2021, Marine Geology

Christine Provost frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Ocean science
  • Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Research
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Marine Geology

Their frequent collaborators include Camila Artana, Marylou Athanase, Nathalie Sennéchael, Léa Poli, and Jean-Michel Lellouche.

This scientist's research contributions are situated mainly in the analysis of oceanographic and atmospheric phenomena, Arctic and subarctic environmental dynamics, and the interactions between climate variability and geological processes. Their interdisciplinary work spans both environmental chemistry and global climate change, emphasizing observational and modeling approaches.

Best Publications

  • Leads in Arctic pack ice enable early phytoplankton blooms below snow-covered sea ice

    Philipp Assmy;Mar Fernández-Méndez;Pedro Duarte;Amelie Meyer

  • Altimetry for the future: building on 25 years of progress

    Saleh Abdalla;Abdolnabi Abdeh Kolahchi;Michaël Ablain;Susheel Adusumilli

  • On the relationship between satellite‐retrieved surface temperature fronts and chlorophyll a in the western South Atlantic

    Martin Saraceno;Christine Provost;Alberto R. Piola

  • Brazil Malvinas Frontal System as seen from 9 years of advanced very high resolution radiometer data

    Martín Saraceno;Christine Provost;Alberto R. Piola;José Bava

  • SUSTAINED MONITORING OF THE SOUTHERN OCEAN AT DRAKE PASSAGE: PAST ACHIEVEMENTS AND FUTURE PRIORITIES

    Michael P. Meredith;Philip L. Woodworth;Teresa K. Chereskin;David P. Marshall

  • The new CNES-CLS18 global mean dynamic topography

    Sandrine Mulet;Marie-Hélène Rio;Hélène Etienne;Camilia Artana

  • Observations of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current Over the Udintsev Fracture Zone, the Narrowest Choke Point in the Southern Ocean

    Young-Hyang Park;T. Park;T.-W Kim;S.-H Lee

  • Circulation in the central equatorial Atlantic - mean and intraseasonal to seasonal variability

    Peter Brandt;Friedrich A. Schott;Christine Provost;Annie Kartavtseff

  • Winter storms accelerate the demise of sea ice in the Atlantic sector of the Arctic Ocean.

    Robert M. Graham;Polona Itkin;Amelie Meyer;Amelie Meyer;Arild Sundfjord

  • Direct velocity measurements in the Malvinas Current

    Frédéric Vivier;Christine Provost

  • Observations of flooding and snow‐ice formation in a thinner Arctic sea‐ice regime during the N‐ICE2015 campaign: Influence of basal ice melt and storms

    Christine Provost;Nathalie Sennéchael;Jonas Miguet;Polona Itkin

  • An autonomous nutrient analyzer for oceanic long-term in situ biogeochemical monitoring.

    Danièle Thouron;Renaud Vuillemin;Xavier Philippon;Antonio Lourenço

  • Subtropical mode waters in the South Atlantic Ocean

    Christine Provost;Christelle Escoffier;Keitapu Maamaatuaiahutapu;Annie Kartavtseff

  • Tropical instability waves at 0°N, 23°W in the Atlantic: A case study using Pilot Research Moored Array in the Tropical Atlantic (PIRATA) mooring data

    Semyon A. Grodsky;James A. Carton;Christine Provost;Jacques Servain

  • Sea surface velocities from sea surface temperature image sequences: 1. Method and validation using primitive equation model output

    Xavier Vigan;Christine Provost;Rainer Bleck;Philippe Courtier

  • Analysis of satellite sea surface temperature time series in the Brazil-Malvinas Current Confluence region: Dominance of the annual and semiannual periods

    Christine Provost;Omar Garcia;Véronique Garçon

  • On the Catalytic Role of High Baroclinic Modes in Eddy-driven Large-Scale Circulations

    B. Barnier;C. Le Provost;B. L. Hua

  • Brazil-Malvinas Confluence: Water mass composition

    Keitapu Maamaatuaiahutapu;Véronique C. Garçon;Christine Provost;Mostefa Boulahdid

  • Volume transport of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current: Production and validation of a 20 year long time series obtained from in situ and satellite observations

    Zoé Koenig;Christine Provost;Ramiro Ferrari;Nathalie Sennéchael

  • Winter to summer oceanographic observations in the Arctic Ocean north of Svalbard

    Amelie Meyer;Arild Sundfjord;Ilker Fer;Christine Provost

  • Volume transport of the Malvinas Current: Can the flow be monitored by TOPEX/POSEIDON?

    Frédéric Vivier;Christine Provost

  • The Malvinas Current at the Confluence With the Brazil Current: Inferences From 25 Years of Mercator Ocean Reanalysis

    Camila Indira Artana;Christine Provost;Jean Michel Lellouche;Marie Hélène Rio

  • On the relationship between satellite-retrieved surface temperature fronts and chlorophyll a in the western South Atlantic - art. no. C11016

    M. Saraceno;C. Provost;A. R. Piola

Frequent Co-Authors

Véronique Garçon
Véronique Garçon Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Alberto R. Piola
Alberto R. Piola University of Buenos Aires
Jean-Claude Gascard
Jean-Claude Gascard Laboratoire d'Océanographie et du Climat : Expérimentations et Approches Numériques
Lars Henrik Smedsrud
Lars Henrik Smedsrud University of Bergen
Gunnar Spreen
Gunnar Spreen University of Bremen
Mats A. Granskog
Mats A. Granskog Norwegian Polar Institute
Arild Sundfjord
Arild Sundfjord Norwegian Polar Institute
Peter Brandt
Peter Brandt GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Harald Steen
Harald Steen Oslo University Hospital
Sebastian Gerland
Sebastian Gerland Norwegian Polar Institute

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