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Herlé Mercier is affiliated with the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea in France. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences with a strong emphasis on Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, and Global and Planetary Change. They have also contributed to subfields such as Earth-Surface Processes and Ecology.

The scientist's work covers diverse topics including:

  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Climate variability and models
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing

Herlé Mercier's recent scholarly output includes papers published in notable journals:

  • Subpolar North Atlantic western boundary density anomalies and the Meridional Overturning Circulation, 2021, Nature Communications
  • The North Atlantic Glacial Eastern Boundary Current as a Key Driver for Ice-Sheet-AMOC Interactions and Climate Instability, 2021, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • Tidal and Near-Inertial Internal Waves over the Reykjanes Ridge, 2020, Journal of Physical Oceanography
  • The redistribution of anthropogenic excess heat is a key driver of warming in the North Atlantic, 2022, Communications Earth & Environment
  • Preparing the New Phase of Argo: Scientific Achievements of the NAOS Project, 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science

Frequent publication venues in their career include:

  • Oceans
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Ocean Science
  • Nature Communications
  • Frontiers in Marine Science

Collaboration is an important aspect of their work with frequent co-authors including:

  • Virginie Thierry
  • Pascale Lherminier
  • Damien Desbruyères
  • Guy Jacques
  • Paul Tréguer

Best Publications

  • A sea change in our view of overturning in the subpolar North Atlantic

    M. S. Lozier;F. Li;S. Bacon;F. Bahr

  • Mixing in the Romanche Fracture Zone

    Bruno Ferron;Herlé Mercier;Kevin Speer;Ann Gargett

  • Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: Observed Transport and Variability

    Eleanor Frajka-Williams;Isabelle J. Ansorge;Johanna Baehr;Harry L. Bryden

  • Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Program: A New International Ocean Observing System

    M. Susan Lozier;Sheldon Bacon;Amy S. Bower;Stuart A. Cunningham

  • The northern North Atlantic Ocean mean circulation in the early 21st Century

    Nathalie Daniault;Herlé Mercier;Pascale Lherminier;Artem Sarafanov

  • An inverse model of the eastern North Atlantic general circulation and thermocline ventilation

    Jérôme Paillet;Herlé Mercier

  • The water masses along the western boundary of the south and equatorial Atlantic

    L. Mémery;M. Arhan;Xosé Antón Álvarez-Salgado;M. J. Messias

  • Variability of the meridional overturning circulation at the Greenland-Portugal OVIDE section from 1993 to 2010

    Herlé Mercier;Pascale Lherminier;Artem Sarafanov;Fabienne Gaillard

  • The Irminger Gyre: Circulation, convection, and interannual variability

    Kjetil Våge;Robert S. Pickart;Artem Sarafanov;Øyvind Knutsen

  • On the deep water circulation of the eastern South Atlantic Ocean

    Michel Arhan;Herlé Mercier;Young-Hyang Park

  • Atlantic Ocean CO2 uptake reduced by weakening of the meridional overturning circulation

    Fiz F. Pérez;Herlé Mercier;Marcos Vázquez-Rodríguez;Pascale Lherminier

  • Mean full-depth summer circulation and transports at the northern periphery of the Atlantic Ocean in the 2000s

    Artem Sarafanov;Anastasia Falina;Herlé Mercier;Alexey Sokov

  • Transports across the 2002 Greenland-Portugal Ovide section and comparison with 1997.

    Pascale Lherminier;Herle Mercier;Claire Gourcuff;M Alvarez

  • Hydrographic sections across the Atlantic at 7°30N and 4°30S

    M Arhan;H Mercier;B Bourlès;Y Gouriou

  • The Global Ocean Ship-Based Hydrographic Investigations Program (GO-SHIP): A Platform for Integrated Multidisciplinary Ocean Science

    Bernadette M. Sloyan;Rik Wanninkhof;Martin Kramp;Gregory C. Johnson

  • Transport of Bottom Water in the Romanche Fracture Zone and the Chain Fracture Zone

    Herlé Mercier;Kevin G. Speer

  • Structure, transports and transformations of the water masses in the Atlantic Subpolar Gyre

    Maribel I. García-Ibáñez;Paula C. Pardo;Lidia I. Carracedo;Herlé Mercier

  • The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and the subpolar gyre observed at the A25-OVIDE section in June 2002 and 2004

    Pascale Lherminier;Herlé Mercier;Thierry Huck;Claire Gourcuff

  • Meridional overturning circulation conveys fast acidification to the deep Atlantic Ocean

    Fiz F. Perez;Marcos Fontela;Maribel I. García-Ibáñez;Herlé Mercier

  • The disparate evolution of three Agulhas rings in the South Atlantic Ocean

    Michel Arhan;Herlé Mercier;Johann R. E. Lutjeharms

  • Subpolar North Atlantic western boundary density anomalies and the Meridional Overturning Circulation

    F. Li;F. Li;M. S. Lozier;S. Bacon;A. S. Bower

  • Interannual variability of the Subpolar Mode Water properties over the Reykjanes Ridge during 1990–2006

    V. Thierry;E. de Boisséson;H. Mercier

Frequent Co-Authors

Virginie Thierry
Virginie Thierry French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Fiz F. Pérez
Fiz F. Pérez Spanish National Research Council
Aida F. Ríos
Aida F. Ríos Spanish National Research Council
Michel Arhan
Michel Arhan French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Guy Caniaux
Guy Caniaux Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Laurent Bopp
Laurent Bopp École Normale Supérieure
Anne-Marie Treguier
Anne-Marie Treguier French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Xosé Antón Álvarez-Salgado
Xosé Antón Álvarez-Salgado Spanish National Research Council
Rik Wanninkhof
Rik Wanninkhof Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
Sheldon Bacon
Sheldon Bacon National Oceanography Centre

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