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Pierre Testor

Pierre Testor

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
39
Citations
5812
World Ranking
8370
National Ranking
374

Overview

Pierre Testor is affiliated with Sorbonne University in France and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research primarily focuses on Oceanography, with additional work in Global and Planetary Change, Ocean Engineering, Ecology, and Paleontology.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics related to marine environments and processes. Key areas of study include:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Climate variability and models
  • Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
  • Underwater Acoustics Research

Pierre Testor has published multiple articles in respected scientific journals. Notable recent papers include:

  • Future Vision for Autonomous Ocean Observations, 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Abrupt warming and salinification of intermediate waters interplays with decline of deep convection in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Wind-Forced Submesoscale Symmetric Instability around Deep Convection in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea, 2021, Fluids
  • Sources of the Levantine Intermediate Water in Winter 2019, 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • On the dynamics in the southeastern Ligurian Sea in summer 2010, 2020, Continental Shelf Research

The scientist frequently publishes in several key venues, including:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Scientific Reports
  • Continental Shelf Research
  • Fluids
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans

Throughout their career, Pierre Testor has collaborated with various researchers. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Anthony Bosse
  • Laurent Coppola
  • Xavier Durrieu de Madron
  • Loïc Houpert
  • Laurent Mortier

Best Publications

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

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

  • HyMeX-SOP1: The Field Campaign Dedicated to Heavy Precipitation and Flash Flooding in the Northwestern Mediterranean

    Véronique Ducrocq;Isabelle Braud;Silvio Davolio;Rossella Ferretti

  • Seasonal variability of the mixed layer depth in the Mediterranean Sea as derived from in situ profiles

    Fabrizio D'Ortenzio;Daniele Iudicone;Clement de Boyer Montegut;Pierre Testor

  • Environmental characteristics of Agulhas rings affect interocean plankton transport

    Emilie Villar;Gregory K. Farrant;Gregory K. Farrant;Michael Follows;Laurence Garczarek;Laurence Garczarek

  • 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

  • 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

  • OceanGliders: A component of the integrated GOOS

    Pierre Testor;Brad DeYoung;Daniel L. Rudnick;Scott Glenn

  • Evolving and Sustaining Ocean Best Practices and Standards for the Next Decade

    Jay Pearlman;Mark Bushnell;Laurent Coppola;Johannes Karstensen

  • Observations of open-ocean deep convection in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea: Seasonal and interannual variability of mixing and deep water masses for the 2007-2013 Period

    Loic Houpert;X. Durrieu De Madron;Pierre Testor;A. Bosse

  • Future Vision for Autonomous Ocean Observations

    Christopher Whitt;Jay Pearlman;Brian Polagye;Frank Caimi

  • Characterizing, modelling and understanding the climate variability of the deep water formation in the North-Western Mediterranean Sea

    Samuel Somot;Loic Houpert;Florence Sevault;Pierre Testor

  • Abrupt warming and salinification of intermediate waters interplays with decline of deep convection in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea.

    Félix Margirier;Pierre Testor;Emma Heslop;Katia Mallil

  • 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

  • Spreading of Levantine Intermediate Waters by submesoscale coherent vortices in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea as observed with gliders

    Anthony Bosse;Pierre Testor;Laurent Mortier;Louis Prieur

  • Gliders as a Component of Future Observing Systems

    P. Testor;G. Meyers;C. Pattiaratchi;R. Bachmayer

  • Enhancing the comprehension of mixed layer depth control on the Mediterranean phytoplankton phenology

    Héloïse Lavigne;Fabrizio D'Ortenzio;Christophe Migon;Hervé Claustre

  • Deep-Sea Bioluminescence Blooms after Dense Water Formation at the Ocean Surface

    Christian Tamburini;Miquel Canals;Xavier Durrieu de Madron;Loïc Houpert

  • Post-convection spreading phase in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea

    Pierre Testor;Jean-Claude Gascard

  • Deep sediment resuspension and thick nepheloid layer generation by open-ocean convection

    X. Durrieu de Madron;S. Ramondenc;L. Berline;L. Houpert

  • Community‐Level Responses to Iron Availability in Open Ocean Plankton Ecosystems

    Luigi Caputi;Quentin Carradec;Damien Eveillard;Amos Kirilovsky

  • Impact of the spatial distribution of the atmospheric forcing on water mass formation in the Mediterranean Sea

    Karine Béranger;Yann Drillet;Marie-Noëlle Houssais;Pierre Testor

  • Challenges for Sustained Observing and Forecasting Systems in the Mediterranean Sea

    Joaquín Tintoré;Nadia Pinardi;Enrique Álvarez-Fanjul;Eva Aguiar

Frequent Co-Authors

Fabrizio D'Ortenzio
Fabrizio D'Ortenzio Université Paris Cité
Laurent Coppola
Laurent Coppola Sorbonne University
Claude Estournel
Claude Estournel Paul Sabatier University
Johannes Karstensen
Johannes Karstensen GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Louis Marie Prieur
Louis Marie Prieur Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Patrick Raimbault
Patrick Raimbault Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography
Pascal Conan
Pascal Conan Sorbonne University
Joaquín Tintoré
Joaquín Tintoré Spanish National Research Council
Samuel Somot
Samuel Somot Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Patrick Marsaleix
Patrick Marsaleix Paul Sabatier University

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