Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Drifting profiling floats in the Atlantic
 
 
 
			
The various components of a profiling float type PROVOR
 
 
 
			
			
			Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom species Odontella mobiliensis (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Carte bathymétrique de la Mer Méditerranée
Dinoflagellate Ceratium arietinum var arietinum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Phytoplankton bloom observed by the ocean color sensor MODIS onboard NASA satellite Terra in May 2010. The bloom spreads broadly in the North Atlantic from Iceland to the Bay of Biscay - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
	Pelagia - Fearsome Jellyfish
Mauve jellies move in droves, their nasty stings feared by swimmers.
  
			
	This video describes how to perform the Ludion experiment and explains the physical processes involved.