Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Ocean color satellites travel around the Earth at an altitude of about 700 to 800 km.
The various components of a profiling float type PROVOR
Carte bathymétrique de la Mer Méditerranée
Satellite observation (GEOS-12) of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 in the Gulf of Mexico - Source : NASA-NOAA
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as obtained by the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS in the Atlantic Ocean.
Carte bathymétrique mondiale
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Drifting profiling floats in the Atlantic
Gelatinous plankton Mneniopsis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Stickers & Goodies
The seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as seen by a « water color » satellite (SeaWifs) in the Atlantic Ocean.
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellates Ceratium platycorne var platycorne (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium azoricum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Foraminifera (Photo : Fabien Lombard)