In recent years, the accuracy of ocean forecasts has significantly improved thanks to spatial altimetry. However, despite their importance, forecasting accurate currents is still a challenge. Therefore, satellite missions are proposed to provide measurements of surface velocity on a global coverage. The Ocean DYnamics and Surface Exchange with the Atmosphere (ODYSEA) mission of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration...

Marine ecosystems evolve under many interconnected and area‐specific pressures. To fulfil society's intensifying and diversifying needs while ensuring ecologically sustainable development, more effective marine spatial planning and broader‐scope management of marine resources is necessary. Integrated ecological–economic fisheries models ( IEEFM s) of marine systems are needed to evaluate impacts and sustainability of potential...

The French research community in the Mediterranean Sea modeling and the French operational ocean forecasting center Mercator Océan have gathered their skill and expertise in physical oceanography, ocean modeling, atmospheric forcings and data assimilation to carry out a MEDiterranean sea ReanalYsiS (MEDRYS) at high resolution for the period 1992–2013. The ocean model used is NEMOMED12, a Mediterranean configuration of NEMO wit...