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Claude Estournel

Claude Estournel

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Earth Science

D-Index
45
Citations
6469
World Ranking
4539
National Ranking
333

Overview

Claude Estournel is affiliated with Paul Sabatier University in France and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on Environmental Science.

Their research encompasses a range of subfields including Oceanography, Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, and Atmospheric Science. This multidisciplinary approach supports work on several related topics such as Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Coral and Marine Ecosystems, Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, and Coastal and Marine Dynamics.

Estournel's most recent scholarly papers include:

  • "The missing ocean plastic sink: Gone with the rivers," 2021, Science
  • "Concomitant changes in the environment and small pelagic fish community of the Gulf of Lions," 2020, Progress In Oceanography
  • "A new assessment of the circulation of Atlantic and Intermediate Waters in the Eastern Mediterranean," 2021, Progress In Oceanography
  • "Effects of Nutrient Management Scenarios on Marine Eutrophication Indicators: A Pan-European, Multi-Model Assessment in Support of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive," 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Seafloor litter sorting in different domains of Cap de Creus continental shelf and submarine canyon (NW Mediterranean Sea)," 2020, Marine Pollution Bulletin

Collaboration forms an integral part of Estournel's work, with frequent co-authors including Patrick Marsaleix, Caroline Ulses, Marine Herrmann, Thomas Duhaut, and Xavier Durrieu de Madron.

Their work has been featured in publication venues across multiple outlets such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Progress In Oceanography
  • Biogeosciences
  • Ocean Science
  • Continental Shelf Research

Best Publications

  • Marine ecosystems' responses to climatic and anthropogenic forcings in the Mediterranean

    X. Durrieu de Madron;C. Guieu;R. Sempéré;P. Conan

  • HYMEX , a 10-year Multidisciplinary Program on the mediterranean water cycle.

    P. Drobinski;Véronique Ducrocq;P. Alpert;E. Anagnostou

  • The missing ocean plastic sink: Gone with the rivers.

    Lisa Weiss;Wolfgang Ludwig;Serge Heussner;Miquel Canals

  • Energy conservation issues in sigma-coordinate free-surface ocean models

    Patrick Marsaleix;Francis Auclair;Jochem Willem Floor;Marine Julie Herrmann

  • Observation and modeling of the winter coastal oceanic circulation in the Gulf of Lion under wind conditions influenced by the continental orography (FETCH experiment)

    C. Estournel;X. Durrieu de Madron;P. Marsaleix;F. Auclair

  • Interaction of dense shelf water cascading and open-sea convection in the northwestern Mediterranean during winter 2012

    X. Durrieu de Madron;L. Houpert;P. Puig;A. Sanchez-Vidal

  • Suspended sediment transport in the Gulf of Lions (NW Mediterranean): Impact of extreme storms and floods

    C. Ulses;C. Estournel;X. Durrieu de Madron;A. Palanques

  • The plume of the Rhone: numerical simulation and remote sensing

    Claude Estournel;Veronique Kondrachoff;Patrick Marsaleix;Raoul Vehil

  • Seasonal cycle of the mixed layer, the seasonal thermocline and the upper-ocean heat storage rate in the Mediterranean Sea derived from observations

    L. Houpert;L. Houpert;P. Testor;X. Durrieu de Madron;S. Somot

  • Modeling the deep convection in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea using an eddy‐permitting and an eddy‐resolving model: Case study of winter 1986–1987

    Marine Herrmann;Samuel Somot;Florence Sevault;Claude Estournel

  • Considerations on Open Boundary Conditions for Regional and Coastal Ocean Models

    P. Marsaleix;F. Auclair;C. Estournel

  • Evolution of particle size and concentration in the Rhône river mixing zone:: influence of salt flocculation

    Antoine Thill;Stéphane Moustier;Jean-Marie Garnier;Claude Estournel

  • Impact of natural (waves and currents) and anthropogenic (trawl) resuspension on the export of particulate matter to the open ocean: Application to the Gulf of Lion (NW Mediterranean)

    B. Ferré;X. Durrieu de Madron;C. Estournel;C. Ulses

  • Assessment of the amount of cesium‐137 released into the Pacific Ocean after the Fukushima accident and analysis of its dispersion in Japanese coastal waters

    C. Estournel;E. Bosc;Michael Bocquet;Michael Bocquet;C. Ulses

  • The Rhone River Plume in Unsteady Conditions: Numerical and Experimental Results

    C. Estournel;P. Broche;Patrick Marsaleix;J.L. Devenon

  • A numerical study of the formation of the Rhône River plume

    Patrick Marsaleix;Claude Estournel;Veronique Kondrachoff;Raoul Vehil

  • Multiscale Observations of Deep Convection in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea during Winter 2012–2013 Using Multiple Platforms

    Pierre Testor;Anthony Bosse;Loïc Houpert;Félix Margirier

  • Impact of storms and dense water cascading on shelf-slope exchanges in the Gulf of Lion (NW Mediterranean)

    C. Ulses;C. Estournel;J. Bonnin;X. Durrieu de Madron

  • Dense shelf water cascading in the northwestern Mediterranean during the cold winter 2005: Quantification of the export through the Gulf of Lion and the Catalan margin

    C. Ulses;C. Estournel;P. Puig;X. Durrieu de Madron

  • Oceanic Dispersion Simulations of 137Cs Released from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

    Yukio Masumoto;Yasumasa Miyazawa;Daisuke Tsumune;Takaki Tsubono

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick Marsaleix
Patrick Marsaleix Paul Sabatier University
Pierre Testor
Pierre Testor Sorbonne University
Fabrizio D'Ortenzio
Fabrizio D'Ortenzio Université Paris Cité
Laurent Coppola
Laurent Coppola Sorbonne University
Samuel Somot
Samuel Somot Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
X. Durrieu de Madron
X. Durrieu de Madron University of Perpignan
Pascal Conan
Pascal Conan Sorbonne University
Isabelle Taupier-Letage
Isabelle Taupier-Letage Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique
Louis Marie Prieur
Louis Marie Prieur Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Mireille Pujo-Pay
Mireille Pujo-Pay Sorbonne University

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