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Overview

Jean-Claude Gascard is primarily affiliated with the Laboratoire d'Océanographie et du Climat: Expérimentations et Approches Numériques in France. Their research spans several interdisciplinary fields related to Earth and environmental sciences, with a focus on the marine environment and climatic processes.

The scientist's main fields of study include Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work extends to specialized subfields such as Oceanography, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Geology, and Environmental Chemistry. This diverse scope allows an integrative approach to understanding marine and coastal ecosystems alongside atmospheric and geological factors.

Research topics addressed by Jean-Claude Gascard cover multiple fundamental and applied areas, including:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Geological Studies and Exploration
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

They have published in prominent scientific venues such as Earth System Science Data and the Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, contributing to ongoing discourse in oceanography and climate science.

Recent papers include:

  • The CISE-LOCEAN seawater isotopic database (1998-2021), 2022, Earth System Science Data
  • Atlantic Water Circulation and Properties Northwest of Svalbard During Anomalous Southerly Winds, 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jean-Claude Gascard are:

  • Gilles Reverdin
  • Claire Waelbroeck
  • Catherine Pierre
  • Camille Akhoudas
  • Giovanni Aloisi

The combination of research topics, publication venues, and interdisciplinary subfields demonstrates Jean-Claude Gascard's involvement in studying complex interactions between oceanic, atmospheric, and geological processes. Their contributions include data-driven isotope analysis and investigations focused on polar water circulation patterns, both important for understanding climate variability and marine ecosystem dynamics.

Best Publications

  • Arctic Ocean warming contributes to reduced polar ice cap

    Igor V. Polyakov;Leonid A. Timokhov;Vladimir A. Alexeev;Sheldon Bacon

  • The Formation of Labrador Sea Water. Part I: Large-Scale Processes

    R. Allyn Clarke;Jean-Claude Gascard

  • Water masses and circulation in the Western Alboran Sea and in the Straits of Gibraltar

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  • Mesoscale eddies in the Fram Strait marginal ice zone during the 1983 and 1984 Marginal Ice Zone Experiments

    J. A. Johannessen;O. M. Johannessen;E. Svendsen;R. Shuchman

  • Advances in understanding and parameterization of small-scale physical processes in the marine Arctic climate system : a review

    Timo Vihma;Timo Vihma;R. Pirazzini;I. Fer;I. A. Renfrew

  • The Barents Sea frontal zones and water masses variability (1980–2011)

    Laurent Oziel;Jérôme Sirven;Jean-Claude Gascard

  • Large‐scale oceanography in Fram Strait during the 1984 Marginal Ice Zone Experiment

    Detlef Quadfasel;Jean-Claude Gascard;Klaus-Peter Koltermann

  • The Formation of Labrador Sea Water. Part II. Mesoscale and Smaller-Scale Processes

    Jean-Claude Gascard;R. Allyn Clarke

  • Fate of Early 2000s Arctic Warm Water Pulse

    Igor V. Polyakov;Vladimir A. Alexeev;Igor M. Ashik;Sheldon Bacon

  • Exploring Arctic Transpolar Drift During Dramatic Sea Ice Retreat

    Jean-Claude Gascard;Jean Festy;Hervé le Goff;Matthieu Weber

  • Ice–ocean interaction and calving front morphology at two west Greenland tidewater outlet glaciers

    N. Chauché;A. Hubbard;Jean-Claude Gascard;J. E. Box;J. E. Box

  • Role for Atlantic inflows and sea ice loss on shifting phytoplankton blooms in the Barents Sea

    Laurent Oziel;Laurent Oziel;Griet Neukermans;Griet Neukermans;Mathieu Ardyna;Christiane Lancelot

  • Ice production and brine formation in Storfjorden, Svalbard

    Jörg Haarpaintner;Jean-Claude Gascard;Peter M. Haugan

  • Long-lived vortices as a mode of deep ventilation in the Greenland Sea

    Jean-Claude Gascard;Andrew J. Watson;Marie-José Messias;K. Anders Olsson

  • Deep convection and deep water formation in the oceans

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  • The impact of freshening on phytoplankton production in the Pacific Arctic Ocean

    Pierre Coupel;Pierre Coupel;Diana Ruiz-Pino;Marie-Alexandrine Sicre;J. F. Chen

  • Particle-laden Eurasian Arctic sea ice: observations from July and August 1987

    Stephanie Pfirman;Jean‐Claude ‐C Gascard;Ingo Wollenburg;Peta Mudie

  • Phytoplankton distribution in unusually low sea ice cover over the Pacific Arctic

    Pierre Coupel;H. Y. Jin;M. Joo;R. Horner

  • Diagnostic study of the Fram Strait marginal ice zone during summer from 1983 and 1984 Marginal Ice Zone Experiment Lagrangian observations

    Jean-Claude Gascard;Claude Kergomard;Pierre-François Jeannin;Michel Fily

  • Post-convection spreading phase in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea

    Pierre Testor;Jean-Claude Gascard

  • Observational Program Tracks Arctic Ocean Transition to a Warmer State

    Igor Polyakov;Leonid Timokhov;Igor Dmitrenko;Vladimir Ivanov

  • Wavelet ridge diagnosis of time-varying elliptical signals with application to an oceanic eddy

    J. M. Lilly;Jean-Claude Gascard

  • The Norwegian Atlantic Current in the Lofoten basin inferred from hydrological and tracer data (129I) and its interaction with the Norwegian Coastal Current

    Jean-Claude Gascard;Grant Raisbeck;Sandra Sequeira;Françoise Yiou

  • The Arctic Ocean halocline and its interannual variability from 1997 to 2008

    Pascaline Bourgain;Jean-Claude Gascard

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Karcher
Michael Karcher Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Christine Provost
Christine Provost Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique
Pierre Testor
Pierre Testor Sorbonne University
Andrey Proshutinsky
Andrey Proshutinsky Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Andrew J. Watson
Andrew J. Watson University of Exeter
Donald K. Perovich
Donald K. Perovich Dartmouth College
Agnieszka Beszczynska-Möller
Agnieszka Beszczynska-Möller Polish Academy of Sciences
Alexander I. Shiklomanov
Alexander I. Shiklomanov University of New Hampshire
Truls Johannessen
Truls Johannessen University of Bergen
James E. Overland
James E. Overland Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory

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