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Alvera-Azcárate, A.; Van der Zande, D.; Barth, A.; Dille, A.; Massant, J.; Beckers, J.-M. (2025). Generation of super-resolution gap-free ocean colour satellite products using data-interpolating empirical orthogonal functions (DINEOF). Ocean Sci. 21(2): 787-805. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/os-21-787-2025, more Mohamed, B.; Barth, A.; Van der Zande, D.; Alvera-Azcárate, A. (2025). Amplified warming and marine heatwaves in the North Sea under a warming climate and their impacts. Ocean Sci. 21(5): 2505-2525. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/os-21-2505-2025, more Doglioni, F.; Ricker, R.; Rabe, B.; Barth, A.; Troupin, C.; Kanzow, T. (2023). Sea surface height anomaly and geostrophic current velocity from altimetry measurements over the Arctic Ocean (2011-2020). ESSD 15(1): 225-263. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-225-2023, more Mohamed, B.; Barth, A.; Alvera-Azcaràte, A. (2023). Extreme marine heatwaves and cold-spells events in the Southern North Sea: classifications, patterns, and trends. Front. Mar. Sci. 10: 1258117. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1258117, more Barth, A.; Alvera-Azcárate, A.; Troupin, C.; Beckers, J.-M. (2022). DINCAE 2.0: multivariate convolutional neural network with error estimates to reconstruct sea surface temperature satellite and altimetry observations. Geosci. Model Dev. 15(5): 2183-2196. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-2183-2022, more Pujol, C.; Pérez-Santos, I.; Barth, A.; Alvera-Azcárate, A. (2022). Marine heatwaves offshore Central and South Chile: understanding forcing mechanisms during the years 2016-2017. Front. Mar. Sci. 9: 800325. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.800325, more Alvera-Azcárate, A.; Van der Zande, D.; Barth, A.; Cardoso dos Santos, J.F.; Troupin, C.; Beckers, J.-M. (2021). Detection of shadows in high spatial resolution ocean satellite data using DINEOF. Remote Sens. Environ. 253: 112229. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1016/j.rse.2020.112229, more Alvera-Azcárate, A.; Van der Zande, D.; Barth, A.; Troupin, C.; Martin, S.; Beckers, J.-M. (2021). Analysis of 23 years of daily cloud-free chlorophyll and suspended particulate matter in the greater North Sea. Front. Mar. Sci. 8: 707632. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.707632, more Barth, A.; Troupin, C.; Reyes, E.; Alvera-Azcárate, A.; Beckers, J.-M.; Tintoré, J. (2021). Variational interpolation of high-frequency radar surface currents using DIVAnd. Ocean Dynamics 71(3): 293-308. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1007/s10236-020-01432-x, more Belgacem, M.; Schroeder, K.; Barth, A.; Troupin, C.; Pavoni, B.; Raimbault, P.; Garcia, N.; Borghini, M.; Chiggiato, J. (2021). Climatological distribution of dissolved inorganic nutrients in the western Mediterranean Sea (1981-2017). ESSD 13(12): 5915-5949. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-5915-2021, more Buurman, M.; Troupin, C.; Barth, A.; Bruvry-Lagadec, L.; Mieruch, S.; Krishnan, N.; Santinelli, G.; Baart, F.; Thijssen, P.; Waumans, F.; Zamani, T. (2021). SeaDataCloud Virtual Research Environment: Implementation and technical aspects, in: Fichaut, M. et al. IMDIS 2021 International Conference on Marine Data and Information Systems 12-14 April, 2021 Online: Book of Abstracts. Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata: an International Journal of Earth Sciences, 62(Suppl. 1): pp. 114-116, more Cabrera, P.; Otero, V.; Everaert, G.; Sauzède, R.; Remanan, R.P.; Claustre, H.; Uitz, J.; Barth, A.; Troupin, C.; Schepers, L. (2021). Blue-Cloud Demonstrator: A machine learning approach to derive plankton biomass and diversity products from the Global Ocean, in: Fichaut, M. et al. IMDIS 2021 International Conference on Marine Data and Information Systems 12-14 April, 2021 Online: Book of Abstracts. Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata: an International Journal of Earth Sciences, 62(Suppl. 1): pp. 27-31, more Grégoire, M.; Garçon, V.; Garcia, H.; Breitburg, D.; Isensee, K.; Oschlies, A.; Telszewski, M.; Barth, A.; Bittig, H.C.; Carstensen, J.; Carval, T.; Chai, F.; Chavez, F.; Conley, D.; Coppola, L.; Crowe, S.; Currie, K.; Dai, M.; Deflandre, B.; Dewitte, B.; Diaz, R.; Garcia-Robledo, E.; Gilbert, D.; Giorgetti, A.; Glud, R.; Gutiérrez, D.; Hosoda, S.; Ishii, M.; Jacinto, G.; Langdon, C.; Lauvset, S.K.; Levin, L.A.; Limburg, K.E.; Mehrtens, H.; Montes, I.; Naqvi, W.; Paulmier, A.; Pfeil, B.; Pitcher, G.; Pouliquen, S.; Rabalais, N.; Rabouille, C.; Recape, V.; Roman, M.; Rose, K.; Rudnick, D.; Rummer, J.; Schmechtig, C.; Schmidtko, S.; Seibel, B.; Slomp, C.; Sumalia, U.R.; Tanhua, T.; Thierry, V.; Uchida, H.; Wanninkhof, R.; Yasuhara, M. (2021). A global ocean oxygen database and atlas for assessing and predicting deoxygenation and ocean health in the open and coastal ocean. Front. Mar. Sci. 8: 724913. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.724913, more Mujiasih, S.; Hartanto, D.; Beckers, J.-M.; Barth, A. (2021). Reducing the error in estimates of the Sunda Strait currents by blending HF radar currents with model results. Cont. Shelf Res. 228: 104512. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2021.104512, more Shahzadi, K.; Pinardi, N.; Barth, A.; Troupin, C.; Lyubartsev, V.; Simoncelli, S. (2021). A new global ocean climatology. Frontiers in Environmental Science 9: 711363. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2021.711363, more Troupin, C.; Barth, A.; Bruvry-Lagadec, L.; Buurman, M.; Kaitala, S.; Krishnan, N.; Mieruch, S.; Santinelli, G.; Thijssen, P.; Waumans, F.; Zamani, T. (2021). Working with the SeaDataCloud Virtual Research Environment: what can we do for you?, in: Fichaut, M. et al. IMDIS 2021 International Conference on Marine Data and Information Systems 12-14 April, 2021 Online: Book of Abstracts. Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata: an International Journal of Earth Sciences, 62(Suppl. 1): pp. 117-118, more Barth, A.; Alvera-Azcárate, A.; Licer, M.; Beckers, J.-M. (2020). DINCAE 1.0: a convolutional neural network with error estimates to reconstruct sea surface temperature satellite observations. Geosci. Model Dev. 13(3): 1609-1622. https://hdl.handle.net/10.5194/gmd-13-1609-2020, more Ivanov, E.; Capet, A.; Barth, A.; Delhez, E.J.M.; Soetaert, K.; Grégoire, M. (2020). Hydrodynamic variability in the Southern Bight of the North Sea in response to typical atmospheric and tidal regimes. Benefit of using a high resolution model. Ocean Modelling 154: 101682. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2020.101682, more Davidson, F.; Alvera-Azcárate, A.; Barth, A.; Brassington, G.B.; Chassignet, E.P.; Clementi, E.; De Mey-Frémaux, P.; Divakaran, P.; Harris, C.; Hernandez, F.; Hogan, P.; Hole, L.R.; Holt, J.; Liu, G.; Lu, Y.; Lorente, P.; Maksymczuk, J.; Martin, M.; Mehra, A.; Melsom, A.; Mo, H.; Moore, A.; Oddo, P.; Pascual, A.; Pequignet, A.-C.; Kourafalou, V.; Ryan, A.; Siddorn, J.; Smith, G.; Spindler, D.; Spindler, T.; Stanev, E.V.; Staneva, J.; Storto, A.; Tanajura, C.; Vinayachandran, P.N.; Wan, L.; Wang, H.; Zhang, Y.; Zhu, X.; Zu, Z. (2019). Synergies in operational oceanography: the intrinsic need for sustained ocean observations. Front. Mar. Sci. 6: 450. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00450, more De Mey-Frémaux, P.; Ayoub, N.; Barth, A.; Brewin, R.; Charria, G.; Campuzano, F.; Ciavatta, S.; Cirano, M.; Edwards, C.A.; Federico, I.; Gao, S.; Hermosa, I.G.; Sotillo, M.G.; Hewitt, H.; Hole, L.R.; Holt, J.; King, R.; Kourafalou, V.; Lu, Y.; Mourre, B.; Pascual, A.; Staneva, J.; Stanev, E.V.; Wang, H.; Zhu, X. (2019). Model-observations synergy in the coastal ocean. Front. Mar. Sci. 6: 436. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00436, more Storto, A.; Alvera-Azcárate, A.; Balmaseda, M.A.; Barth, A.; Chevallier, M.; Counillon, F.; Domingues, C.M.; Drevillon, M.; Drillet, Y.; Forget, G.; Garric, G.; Haines, K.; Hernandez, F.; Iovino, D.; Jackson, L.C.; Lellouche, J.-M.; Masina, S.; Mayer, M.; Oke, P.R.; Penny, S.G.; Peterson, K.A.; Yang, C.; Zuo, H. (2019). Ocean reanalyses: recent advances and unsolved challenges. Front. Mar. Sci. 6: 418. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00418, more Vandenbulcke, L.; Barth, A. (2019). Upscaling of a local model into a larger-scale model. Ocean Sci. 15(2): 291-305. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/os-15-291-2019, more Watelet, S.; Beckers, J.-M.; Barth, A. (2019). Reply to "Comments on 'Reconstruction of the Gulf stream from 1940 to the present and correlation with the North Atlantic Oscillation'". J. Phys. Oceanogr. 49(10): 2735-2737. https://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-19-0191.1, more Barth, A.; Troupin, C.; Watelet, S.; Alvera-Azcárate, A.; Beckers, J.M. (2018). Generating ocean climatologies from in situ observations, in: Giorgetti, A. et al. (Ed.) IMDIS 2018: International Conference on Marine Data and Information Systems 5-7 November, 2018 - Barcelona, Spain: Book of Abstracts. Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata: an International Journal of Earth Sciences, 59: pp. 268-269, more Barth, A.; Mahadevan, A.; Pascual, A.; Ruiz, S.; Troupin, C. (2018). The 48th Liege colloquium: submesoscale processes: mechanisms, implications, and new frontiers. Ocean Dynamics 68(8): 1067-1069. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10236-018-1173-5, more Buurman, M.; Vathsavayi, S.H.; Thijssen, P.; Barth, A.; Mieruch, S.; Evangelou, N.; Rorro, M.; Coveney, A. (2018). The SeaDataCloud Virtual Research Environment: the technical perspective, in: Giorgetti, A. et al. (Ed.) IMDIS 2018: International Conference on Marine Data and Information Systems 5-7 November, 2018 - Barcelona, Spain: Book of Abstracts. Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata: an International Journal of Earth Sciences, 59: pp. 121-123, more Buurman, M.; Thijssen, P.; Vathsavayi, S.H.; Mieruch, S.; Leblan, G.; Santinelli, G.; Barth, A. (2018). The SeaDataCloud Virtual Research Environment: researching the sea from the cloud, in: Giorgetti, A. et al. (Ed.) IMDIS 2018: International Conference on Marine Data and Information Systems 5-7 November, 2018 - Barcelona, Spain: Book of Abstracts. Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata: an International Journal of Earth Sciences, 59: pp. 38-39, more Giorgetti, A.; Partescano, E.; Barth, A.; Buga, L.; Gatti, J.; Giorgi, G.; Iona, A.; Lipizer, M.; Holdsworth, N.; Larsen, M.M.; Schaap, D.; Vinci, M.; Wenzer, M. (2018). EMODnet Chemistry Spatial Data Infrastructure for marine observations and related information. Ocean Coast. Manag. 166: 9-17. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2018.03.016, more Vetra-Carvalho, S.; Van Leeuwen, P.J.; Nerger, L.; Barth, A.; Altaf, M.U.; Brasseur, P.; Kirchgessner, P.; Beckers, J.-M. (2018). State-of-the-art stochastic data assimilation methods for high-dimensional non-Gaussian problems. Tellus, Ser. A, Dyn. meteorol. oceanogr. 70(1): 1-43. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/16000870.2018.1445364, more Barth, A.; Yan, Y.; Nerger, L.; Beckers, J.-M. (2017). The 47th Liege Colloquium: marine environmental monitoring, modelling and prediction. Ocean Dynamics 67(10): 1367-1368. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10236-017-1091-y, more Canter, M.; Barth, A.; Beckers, J.-M. (2017). Correcting circulation biases in a lower-resolution global general circulation model with data assimilation. Ocean Dynamics 67(2): 281-298. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10236-016-1022-3, more Vandenbulcke, L.; Beckers, J.-M.; Barth, A. (2017). Correction of inertial oscillations by assimilation of HF radar data in a model of the Ligurian Sea. Ocean Dynamics 67(1): 117-135. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10236-016-1012-5, more Watelet, S.; Beckers, J.-M.; Barth, A. (2017). Reconstruction of the Gulf Stream from 1940 to the present and correlation with the North Atlantic Oscillation. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 47(11): 2741-2754. https://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-17-0064.1, more Yan, Y.; Barth, A.; Beckers, J.-M.; Brankart, J.M.; Brasseur, P.; Candille, G. (2017). Comparison of different incremental analysis update schemes in a realistic assimilation system with Ensemble Kalman Filter. Ocean Modelling 115: 27-41. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2017.05.002, more Alvera-Azcárate, A.; Barth, A.; Parard, G.; Beckers, J.-M. (2016). Analysis of SMOS sea surface salinity data using DINEOF. Remote Sens. Environ. 180: 137-145. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2016.02.044, more Barth, A.; Yan, Y.; Alvera-Azcárate, A.; Beckers, J.-M. (2016). Local ensemble assimilation scheme with global constraints and conservation. Ocean Dynamics 66(12): 1651-1664. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10236-016-0999-y, more Barth, A.; Watelet, S.; Troupin, C.; Alvera, A.; Santinelli, G.; Hendriksen, G.; Giorgetti, A.; Beckers, J.M. (2016). OceanBrowser: on-line visualization of gridded ocean data and in situ observations, in: IMDIS 2016 International Conference on Marine Data and Information Systems, 11-13 October 2016, Gdansk, Poland. Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata: an International Journal of Earth Sciences, 57(Suppl.): pp. 39-40, more Huynh, H.-N.; Alvera-Azcárate, A.; Barth, A.; Beckers, J.-M. (2016). Reconstruction and analysis of long-term satellite-derived sea surface temperature for the South China Sea. J. Oceanogr. 72(5): 707-726. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10872-016-0365-1, more Santinelli, G.; Hendriksen, G.; Barth, A. (2016). Analysis of ocean in situ observations and marine data products: Web-visualization and services for EMODnet chemistry, in: IMDIS 2016 International Conference on Marine Data and Information Systems, 11-13 October 2016, Gdansk, Poland. Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata: an International Journal of Earth Sciences, 57(Suppl.): pp. 203-205, more Alvera-Azcárate, A.; Vanhellemont, Q.; Ruddick, K.; Barth, A.; Beckers, J.-M. (2015). Analysis of high frequency geostationary ocean colour data using DINEOF. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 159: 28-36. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2015.03.026, more Barth, A.; Canter, M.; Van Schaeybroeck, B.; Vannitsem, S.; Massonnet, F.; Zunz, V.; Mathiot, P.; Alvera-Azcárate, A.; Beckers, J.-M. (2015). Assimilation of sea surface temperature, sea ice concentration and sea ice drift in a model of the Southern Ocean. Ocean Modelling 93: 22-39. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2015.07.011, more Kourafalou, V.; De Mey, P.; Staneva, J.; Ayoub, N.; Barth, A.; Chao, Y.; Cirano, M.; Fiechter, J.; Herzfeld, M.; Kurapov, A.; Moore, A.; Oddo, P.; Pullen, J.; van der Westhuysen, A.; Weisberg, R. (2015). Coastal Ocean Forecasting: science foundation and user benefits. J. Oper. Oceangr. 8(Supplement 1): S147-S167. dx.doi.org/10.1080/1755876X.2015.1022348, more Vandenbulcke, L.; Barth, A. (2015). A stochastic operational forecasting system of the Black Sea: technique and validation. Ocean Modelling 93: 7-21. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2015.07.010, more Yan, Y.; Barth, A.; Beckers, J.M.; Candille, G.; Brankart, J.; Brasseur, P. (2015). Ensemble assimilation of ARGO temperature profile, sea surface temperature, and altimetric satellite data into an eddy permitting primitive equation model of the North Atlantic Ocean. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans. 120(7): 5134-5157. dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014JC010349, more Barth, A.; Beckers, J.-M.; Troupin, C.; Alvera-Azcárate, A.; Vandenbulcke, L. (2014). divand-1.0: n-dimensional variational data analysis for ocean observations. Geosci. Model Dev. 7(1): 225-241. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gmd-7-225-2014, more Beckers, J.-M.; Barth, A.; Tomazic, I.; Alvera-Azcárate, A. (2014). A method to generate fully multi-scale optimal interpolation by combining efficient single process analyses, illustrated by a DINEOF analysis spiced with a local optimal interpolation. Ocean Sci. 10(5): 845-862. dx.doi.org/10.5194/os-10-845-2014, more Beckers, J.-M.; Barth, A.; Troupin, C.; Alvera-Azcárate, A. (2014). Approximate and efficient methods to assess error fields in spatial gridding with Data Interpolating Variational Analysis (DIVA). J. Atmos. Oceanic. Technol. 31(2): 515-530. https://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-13-00130.1, more Marmain, J; Molcard, A; Forget, P; Barth, A.; Ourmieres, Y (2014). Assimilation of HF radar surface currents to optimize forcing in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Nonlinear Process Geophys. 21(3): 659-675. dx.doi.org/10.5194/npg-21-659-2014, more Yan, Y.; Barth, A.; Beckers, J.-M. (2014). Comparison of different assimilation schemes in a sequential Kalman filter assimilation system. Ocean Modelling 73: 123-137. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2013.11.002, more Barth, A.; Troupin, C.; Alvera Azcárate, A.; Beckers, J.M. (2013). Variational data analysis for generating ocean climatologies (DIVA) and web-based distribution of data products (OceanBrowser), in: IMDIS 2013 International Conference on Marine Data and Information Systems 23-25 September, 2013 - Lucca (Italy). Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata: an International Journal of Earth Sciences, 54(Supplement): pp. 206-207, more Troupin, C.; Barth, A.; Beckers, J.-M.; Pascual, A. (2013). Application of the Data-Interpolating Variational Analysis (DIVA) to sea-level anomaly measurements in the Mediterranean Sea, in: IMDIS 2013 International Conference on Marine Data and Information Systems 23-25 September, 2013 - Lucca (Italy). Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata: an International Journal of Earth Sciences, 54(Supplement): pp. 263-264, more Capet, A.; Barth, A.; Beckers, J.-M.; Grégoire, M. (2012). Interannual variability of Black Sea's hydrodynamics and connection to atmospheric patterns. Deep-Sea Res., Part II, Top. Stud. Oceanogr. 77-80: 128-142. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.04.010, more Troupin, C.; Barth, A.; Sirjacobs, D.; Ouberdous, M.; Brankart, J.M.; Brasseur, P.; Rixen, M.; Alvera-Azcárate, A.; Belounis, M.; Capet, A.; Lenartz, F.; Toussaint, M.E.; Beckers, J.-M. (2012). Generation of analysis and consistent error fields using the Data Interpolating Variational Analysis (DIVA). Ocean Modelling 52-53: 90-101. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2012.05.002, more Alvera-Azcarate, A.; Barth, A.; Weisberg, R.H.; Castaneda, J.J.; Vandenbulcke, L.; Beckers, J.M. (2011). Thermocline characterisation in the Cariaco basin: A modelling study of the thermocline annual variation and its relation with winds and chlorophyll-a concentration. Cont. Shelf Res. 31(1): 73-84. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2010.11.006, more Alvera-Azcárate, A.; Barth, A.; Sirjacobs, D.; Lenartz, F.; Beckers, J.-M. (2011). Data Interpolating Empirical Orthogonal Functions (DINEOF): a tool for geophysical data analyses. Mediterr. Mar. Sci. 12(3): 5-11. https://dx.doi.org/10.12681/mms.64, more Alvera-Azcárate, A.; Troupin, C.; Barth, A.; Beckers, J.-M. (2011). Comparison between satellite and in situ sea surface temperature data in the Western Mediterranean Sea. Ocean Dynamics 61(6): 767-778. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10236-011-0403-x, more Barth, A.; Alvera-Azcárate, A.; Beckers, J.M.; Staneva, J.; Stanev, E.V.; Schulz-Stellenfleth, J. (2011). Correcting surface winds by assimilating high-frequency radar surface currents in the German Bight. Ocean Dynamics 61(5): 599-610. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10236-010-0369-0, more Delhez, E.J.M.; Barth, A. (2011). 41st international Liège colloquium on ocean dynamics "Science based management of the coastal waters" - May 4-8, 2009. Journal of Marine Systems, 88(1). Elsevier: Amsterdam. 138 pp., more Delhez, E.J.M.; Barth, A. (2011). Preface: science based management of coastal waters. J. Mar. Syst. 88(1): 1-2. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2011.02.007, more Sirjacobs, D.; Alvera-Azcárate, A.; Barth, A.; Lacroix, G.; Park, Y.; Nechad, B.; Ruddick, K.G.; Beckers, J.-M. (2011). Cloud filling of ocean colour and sea surface temperature remote sensing products over the Southern North Sea by the Data Interpolating Empirical Orthogonal Functions methodology. J. Sea Res. 65(1): 114-130. Dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2010.08.002, more Barth, A.; Alvera-Azcárate, A.; Gurgel, K.W.; Staneva, J.; Port, A.; Beckers, J.M.; Stanev, E.V. (2010). Ensemble perturbation smoother for optimizing tidal boundary conditions by assimilation of High-Frequency radar surface currents - application to the German Bight. Ocean Sci. 6(1): 161-178, more Lenartz, F.; Mourre, B.; Barth, A.; Beckers, J.-M.; Vandenbulcke, L.; Rixen, M. (2010). Enhanced ocean temperature forecast skills through 3-D super-ensemble multi-model fusion. Geophys. Res. Lett. 37(L19606). dx.doi.org/10.1029/2010GL044591, more Troupin, C.; Machín, F.; Ouberdous, M.; Sirjacobs, D.; Barth, A.; Beckers, J.-M. (2010). High-resolution climatology of the northeast Atlantic using Data-Interpolating Variational Analysis (Diva). J. Geophys. Res. 115(C08005): 20 pp. dx.doi.org/10.1029/2009JC005512, more Alvera-Azcarate, A.; Barth, A.; Weisberg, R.H. (2009). A nested model of the Cariaco Basin (Venezuela): description of the basin's interior hydrography and interactions with the open ocean. Ocean Dynamics 59(1): 97-120. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10236-008-0169-y, more Alvera-Azcárate, A.; Barth, A.; Sirjacobs, D.; Beckers, J.M. (2009). Enhancing temporal correlations in EOF expansions for the reconstruction of missing data using DINEOF. Ocean Sci. 5(4): 475-485, more Alvera-Azcárate, A.; Barth, A.; Weisberg, R.H. (2009). The surface circulation of the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico as inferred from satellite altimetry. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 39(3): 640-657. dx.doi.org/10.1175/2008JPO3765.1, more Barth, A.; Alvera-Azcárate, A.; Beckers, J.M.; Weisberg, R.H.; Vandenbulcke, L.; Lenartz, F.; Rixen, M. (2009). Dynamically constrained ensemble perturbations - application to tides on the West Florida Shelf. Ocean Sci. 5(3): 259-270, more Chassignet, E.P.; Hurlburt, H.E.; Metzger, E.J.; Smedstad, O.M.; Cummings, J.A.; Halliwell, G.R.; Bleck, R.; Baraille, R.; Wallcraft, A.J.; Lozano, C.; Tolman, H.L.; Srinivasan, A.; Hankin, S.; Cornillon, P.; Weisberg, R.; Barth, A.; He, R.; Werner, F.; Wilkin, J. (2009). US GODAE Global Ocean Prediction with the HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM). Oceanography 22(2): 64-75, more Halliwell, G.R.; Barth, A.; Weisberg, R.H.; Hogan, P.; Smedstad, O.M.; Cummings, J. (2009). Impact of GODAE products on nested HYCOM simulations of the West Florida Shelf. Ocean Dynamics 59(1): 139-155. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10236-008-0173-2, more Vandenbulcke, L.; Beckers, J.M.; Lenartz, F.; Barth, A.; Poulain, P.M.; Aidonidis, M.; Meyrat, J.; Ardhuin, F.; Tonani, M.; Fratianni, C.; Torrisi, L.; Pallela, D.; Chiggiato, J.; Tudor, M.; Book, J.W.; Martin, P.; Peggion, G.; Rixen, M. (2009). Super-ensemble techniques: Application to surface drift prediction. Prog. Oceanogr. 82(3): 149-167. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2009.06.002, more Weisberg, R.H.; Barth, A.; Alvera-Azcarate, A.; Zheng, L. (2009). A coordinated coastal ocean observing and modeling system for the West Florida Continental Shelf. Harmful Algae 8(4): 585-597. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2008.11.003, more Barth, A.; Alvera-Azcarate, A.; Weisberg, R.H. (2008). A nested model study of the Loop Current generated variability and its impact on the West Florida Shelf. J. Geophys. Res. 113(C5). dx.doi.org/10.1029/2007JC004492, more Barth, A.; Alvera-Azcarate, A.; Weisberg, R.H. (2008). Assimilation of high-frequency radar currents in a nested model of the West Florida Shelf. J. Geophys. Res. 113(C8). dx.doi.org/10.1029/2007JC004585, more Vandenbulcke, L.; Rixen, M.; Beckers, J.M.; Alvera-Azcarate, A.; Barth, A. (2008). An analysis of the error space of a high-resolution implementation of the GHER hydrodynamic model in the Mediterranean Sea. Ocean Modelling 24(1-2): 46-64. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2008.05.007, more Alvera-Azcarate, A.; Barth, A.; Beckers, J.-M.; Weisberg, R.H. (2007). Multivariate reconstruction of missing data in sea surface temperature, chlorophyll, and wind satellite fields. J. Geophys. Res. 112(C3). dx.doi.org/10.1029/2006JC003660, more Alvera-Azcarate, A.; Barth, A.; Ben Bouallegue, Z.; Rixen, M.; Beckers, J.-M. (2007). Forecast verification of a 3D model of the Mediterranean Sea. The use of discrete wavelet transforms and EOFs in the skill assessment of spatial forecasts. J. Mar. Syst. 65(1-4): 460-483. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2005.09.015, more Barth, A.; Beckers, J.M.; Alvera-Azcarate, A.; Weisberg, R.H. (2007). Filtering inertia-gravity waves from the initial conditions of the linear shallow water equations. Ocean Modelling 19(3-4): 204-218. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2007.06.007, more Barth, A.; Alvera-Azcárate, A.; Beckers, J.-M.; Rixen, M.; Vandenbulcke, L. (2007). Multigrid state vector for data assimilation in a two-way nested model of the Ligurian Sea. J. Mar. Syst. 65(1-4): 41-59. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2005.07.006, more Raick, C.; Alvera-Azcárate, A.; Barth, A.; Brankart, J.M.; Soetaert, K.; Grégoire, M. (2007). Application of a SEEK filter to a 1D biogeochemical model of the Ligurian Sea: Twin experiments and real in-situ data assimilation. J. Mar. Syst. 65(1-4): 561-583. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2005.06.006, more Barth, A.; Alvera-Azcarate, A.; Beckers, J.-M.; Rixen, M. (2006). Coupling a two-way nested primitive equation model and a statistical SST predictor of the Ligurian Sea via data assimilation. Ocean Modelling 13(3-4): 255-270. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2006.02.003, more Beckers, J.-M.; Barth, A.; Alvera-Azcárate, A. (2006). DINEOF reconstruction of clouded images including error maps: application to the Sea-Surface Temperature around Corsican Island. Ocean Sci. 2: 183-199, more Vandenbulcke, L.; Barth, A.; Rixen, M.; Alvera-Azcárate, A.; Bouallegue, Z.B.; Beckers, J.-M. (2006). Study of the combined effects of data assimilation and grid nesting in ocean models - application to the Gulf of Lions. Ocean Sci. 2: 213-222, more Alvera-Azcárate, A.; Barth, A.; Rixen, M.; Beckers, J.-M. (2005). Reconstruction of incomplete oceanographic data sets using empirical orthogonal functions: application to the Adriatic Sea surface temperature. Ocean Modelling 9(4): 325-346. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2004.08.001, more Barth, A.; Alvera-Azcárate, A.; Rixen, M.; Beckers, J.M. (2005). Two-way nested model of mesoscale circulation features in the Ligurian Sea. Prog. Oceanogr. 66(2-4): 171-189. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2004.07.017, more
Peer reviewed publications (3) [show]
Wang, Y.G.; Counillon, F.; Barthelemy, S.; Barth, A. (2022). Benefit of vertical localization for sea surface temperature assimilation in isopycnal coordinate model. Front. Clim. 4: 918572. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2022.918572, more Barth, A.; Alvera-Azcárate, A.; Troupin, C.; Ouberdous, M.; Beckers, J.-M. (2009). A web interface for griding arbitrarily distributed in situ data based on Data-Interpolating Variational Analysis (Diva). Geophys. Res. Abstr. 11(9321), more Troupin, C.; Lenartz, F.; Sirjacobs, D.; Alvera-Azcárate, A.; Barth, A.; Ouberdous, M.; Beckers, J.-M. (2009). Evolution of Western Mediterranean Sea Surface Temperature between 1985 and 2005: a complementary study in situ, satellite and modelling approaches. Geophys. Res. Abstr. 11(2139-1), more
Book chapters (7) [show]
Mohamed, B.; Barth, A.; Van der Zande, D.; Alvera-Azcaràte, A. (2024). Variability and response of surface chlorophyll to the marine heatwave in the southern North sea, in: 43rd CIESM Congress proceedings, Palermo, Italy 14-18 October 2024. Rapport de la Commission International de la Mer Méditerranée, 43: pp. 20, more Barth, A.; Watelet, S.; Troupin, C.; Alvera-Azcárate, A.; Beckers, J.M. (2017). Analysis of ocean in situ observations and Web-based visualization: From individual measurements to an integrated view, in: Diviacco, P. et al. Oceanographic and marine cross-domain data management for sustainable development. pp. 345-371. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0700-0.ch015, more Alvera-Azcárate, A.; Troupin, C.; Barth, A.; Beckers, J.-M. (2012). An EOF-based technique to compute merged high resolution sea surface temperature fields, in: 44^th international Liège colloquium on ocean dynamics "Remote sensing of colour, temperature and salinity – new challenges and opportunities" - May 7-11, 2012. pp. 1, more Alvera-Azcárate, A.; Neukermans, G.; Barth, A.; Ruddick, K.; Beckers, J.-M. (2012). Reconstruction of Total Suspended Matter data over the North Sea using DINEOF: use of the Gaussian anamorphosis transformation, in: 44^th international Liège colloquium on ocean dynamics "Remote sensing of colour, temperature and salinity – new challenges and opportunities" - May 7-11, 2012. pp. 1, more Capet, A.; Barth, A.; Beckers, J.-M.; Borges, A.V.; Joassin, P.; Meysman, F.; Soetaert, K.; Grégoire, M. (2011). Multidecadal evolution of Black Sea hydrodynamics and biogeochemistry, in: 43^rd international Liège colloquium on ocean dynamics "Tracers of physical and biogeochemical processes, past changes and ongoing anthropogenic impacts" - May 2-6, 2011. pp. 1, more Sirjacobs, D.; Alvera-Azcárate, A.; Barth, A.; Lacroix, G.; Nechad, B.; Park, Y.; Ruddick, K.; Beckers, J.-M. (2008). Reconstruction of missing satellite total suspended matter data over the Southern North Sea and English Channel using empirical orthogonal function decomposition of satellite imagery and hydrodynamical modelling, in: Proceedings Ocean Optics XIX, 6-10 October 2008, Barga. pp. 9, more Sirjacobs, D.; Alvera-Azcárate, A.; Barth, A.; Park, Y.; Nechad, B.; Ruddick, K.; Beckers, J.-M. (2008). Cloud filling of total suspended matter, cholorphyll and sea surface temperature remote sensing products by the Data Interpolation with Empirical Orthogonal Functions methodology, application to the BELCOLOUR-1 database, in: Proceedings of the 2nd MERIS/(A)ATSR User Workshop, 22–26 September 2008, ESRIN, Frascati, Italy. ESA Special Publications, 666: pp. 6, more
Abstracts (23) [show]
Alvera-Azcárate, A.; Mohamed, B.; Barth, A.; Massant, J.; Van der Zande, D. (2024). High spatial resolution Sea Surface Temperature data for the study of Marine Heat Waves in the souther North Sea, in: EGU General Assembly 2024. Vienna, Austria & Online, 14-19 April 2024. pp. EGU24-16471. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-16471, more Lopez Contreras, J.M.; Barth, A. (2024). Coastal currents from observations, an integrated multi-source approach to analyse surface currents, in: EGU General Assembly 2024. Vienna, Austria & Online, 14-19 April 2024. pp. EGU24-7890. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-7890, more Mohamed, B.; Barth, A.; Alvera-Azcárate, A. (2024). The summer marine heatwaves in the North Sea in 2023, in: EGU General Assembly 2024. Vienna, Austria & Online, 14-19 April 2024. pp. EGU24-8900. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-8900, more Alvera-Azcárate, A.; Barth, A.; Dille, A.; Van der Zande, D. (2023). Generation of multi-resolution, daily and gap-free ocean colour satellite products for coastal applications: the MultiRes project, in: EGU General Assembly 2023. Vienna, Austria & Online, 23–28 April 2023. pp. EGU23-9375. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-9375, more Alvera-Azcárate, A.; Barth, A.; Dille, A.; Van der Zande, D. (2023). Generation of high spatial resolution gap-free ocean colour satellite products in the northern Adriatic Sea and the Belgian coastal zone, in: 54th International Liège Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics: machine learning and data analysis in oceanography. pp. 1, more Barth, A.; Alvera-Azcárate, A.; Troupin, C.; Licer, M.; Beckers, J.-M. (2023). Reconstruction of missing data in satellite images with a Data-Interpolating Convolutional Auto-Encoder, in: 54th International Liège Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics: machine learning and data analysis in oceanography. pp. 1, more Ivanov, E.; Capet, A.; Barth, A.; Delhez, E.J.M.; Soetaert, K.; Gregoire, M. (2020). Assessment and optimization of the impact of the future Belgian offshore wind farms on the bottom fauna using numerical modelling, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day. Oostende, Belgium, 18 March 2020. VLIZ Special Publication, 84: pp. 59, more Ivanov, E.; Capet, A.; Barth, A.; Delhez, E.; Soetaert, S.; Grégoire, M. (2019). Impact assessment of offshore dredging activities and wind farms on sediment dynamics using a coupled ocean-wave-sediment transport model, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day. Bredene, Belgium, 13 March 2019. VLIZ Special Publication, 83: pp. 18, more Ivanov, E.; Capet, A.; Barth, A.; Delhez, E.; Soetaert, K.; Grégoire, M. (2018). Application of two way nesting model to upscale sediment processes of the Southern Bight of the North Sea: full model validation, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Scientist Day. Bredene, Belgium, 21 March 2018. VLIZ Special Publication, 80: pp. 94, more Ivanov, E.; Capet, A.; Barth, A.; Delhez, E.; Soetaert, K.; Grégoire, M. (2017). Tri-dimensional modeling of Southern Bight of the North Sea: first results and perspectives, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Scientist Day. Brugge, Belgium, 3 March 2017. VLIZ Special Publication, 79: pp. 45, more Ivanov, E.; Capet, A.; Barth, A.; Delhez, E.; Soetaert, K.; Grégoire, M. (2016). Developing a hydrodynamical model of the Southern Bight of the North Sea for impact studies, in: Degraer, S. et al. (Ed.) North Sea Open Science Conference 7-10/11/2016. Abstract Booklet. pp. 50, more Huynh, H.-N.; Alvera-Azcárate, A.; Barth, A.; Beckers, J.M. (2012). Reconstruction of the long-term satellite-derived sea surface temperature including error maps in the South China Sea, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts - VLIZ Young Marine Scientists' Day. Brugge, Belgium, 24 February 2012. VLIZ Special Publication, 55: pp. 40, more Troupin, C.; Barth, A.; Alvera-Azcárate, A.; Sirjacobs, D.; Beckers, J.M. (2012). Viewing through the clouds in satellite images, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts - VLIZ Young Marine Scientists' Day. Brugge, Belgium, 24 February 2012. VLIZ Special Publication, 55: pp. 85, more Barth, A.; Alvera-Azcárate, A.; Troupin, C.; Ouberdous, M.; Beckers, J.-M. (2010). A web interface for gridding and visualizing oceanographic data sets, in: Fichaut, M. et al. (Ed.) International Marine Data and Information Systems Conference IMDIS 2010, 29-31 March 2010, Paris, France: Book of abstracts. pp. 50, more Troupin, C.; Ouberdous, M.; Barth, A.; Bassompierre, M.; Coatanoan, C.; Grandi, A.; Johansen, S.L.; Ostensen, O.; Sagen, H.; Scory, S.; Tonani, M.; Toussaint, M-E.; Tronconi, C.; Beckers, J.-M. (2010). SeaDataNet regional climatologies: an overview, in: Fichaut, M. et al. (Ed.) International Marine Data and Information Systems Conference IMDIS 2010, 29-31 March 2010, Paris, France: Book of abstracts. pp. 84, more Alvera Azcarate, A.; Barth, A.; Sirjacobs, D.; Beckers, J.-M. (2008). Data Interpolating Empirical Orthogonal Functions (DINEOF): a tool for geophysical data analyses, in: Iona, Sissy et al. (Ed.) International Marine Data and Information Systems Conference IMDIS-2008, 31 March - 2 April 2008, Athens, Greece: Book of abstracts. pp. 166, more Sirjacobs, D.; Alvera Azcarate, A.; Barth, A.; Park, Y.; Ruddick, K.; Beckers, J.-M. (2008). DINEOF univariate reconstruction of missing satellite data from the North Sea Belcolour-1 database, in: Iona, Sissy et al. (Ed.) International Marine Data and Information Systems Conference IMDIS-2008, 31 March - 2 April 2008, Athens, Greece: Book of abstracts. pp. 203, more Moneris, S.; Tintoré, J.; Alvarez, A.; Beckers, J.-M.; Barth, A.; Challenor, P.; Onken, R. (2007). Satellite-based Ocean ForecasTing (SOFT), in: Cieslikiewicz, W. et al. (Ed.) Proceedings of the EurOCEAN 2004: European Conference on Marine Science & Ocean Technology: Celebrating European marine science; building the European research area; communicating marine science, Galway, Ireland, 10-13 May 2004. pp. 405-406, more Vandenbulcke, L.; Barth, A.; Alvera Azcarate, A.; Lenartz, F.; Rixen, M.; Beckers, J.-M. (2007). Error analysis of a high-resolution physical model of the Mediterranean Sea, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 2 March 2007: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 39: pp. 66, more Alvera Azcárate, A.; Barth, A.; Bouallègue, Z.B.; Vandenbulcke, L.; Rixen, M.; Beckers, J.-M. (2004). Field forecast verification in the Mediterranean Sea: discrete wavelet transforms of an assimilation experiment in a two-way nested model of the Ligurian Sea, in: Mees, J. et al. VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 5 March 2004: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 17: pp. 30, more Alvera Azcárate, A.; Barth, A.; Rixen, M.; Beckers, J.-M. (2004). Reconstruction of incomplete satellite images in the Adriatic Sea: study of an upwelling in the Albanian coast, in: Mees, J. et al. VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 5 March 2004: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 17: pp. 31, more Moneris, S.; Tintoré, J.; Alvarez, A.; Beckers, J.-M.; Barth, A.; Challenor, P.; Onken, R. (2004). Satellite-based Ocean ForecasTing (SOFT), in: European Conference on Marine Science and Ocean Technology. Celebrating European marine science: building the European research area: communicating marine science, 10th - 13th May 2004, Galway, Ireland: abstract book. pp. 235-236, more Vandenbulcke, L.; Barth, A.; Alvera-Alcazarate, A.; Bouallegue, Z.B.; Rixen, M.; Beckers, J.-M. (2004). Data assimilation in a nested model of the Gulf of Lions, in: Mees, J. et al. VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 5 March 2004: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 17: pp. 78, more
Reports (2) [show]
Cabrera, P.; Schepers, L.; Pint, S.; Everaert, G.; Remanan, R.P.; Barth, A.; Drago, F. (2021). Developing zoo & phytoplankton EOV products in Blue-Cloud. Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Ostend. 5 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5896680, more Thomas, A.; Le Moigne, M.; Quimbert, E.; Jack Molina, M.E.; Vinci, M.; Cociancich, A.; Barth, A.; Holdworth, N.; Giorgetti, A.; Galgani, F. (2021). Visualization products for Seafloor Litter data. Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale: Italy. 16 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.13120/c622d045-94ed-4b6a-9c78-404e86b8b9a3, more
Other publications (6) [show]
Delvenne, C.; Barde, J.; Barth, A.; Dechenne, A.; Pint, S.; Palermo, F.; Vitorino, J.; Gaiarin, S.P. (2025). Blue-cloud virtual labs in support of sustainable development goals, in: OCEANS 2025 - Brest 16-19 June 2025. pp. 1-6. https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/oceans58557.2025.11104725, more Ivanov, E.; Capet, A.; Barth, A.; Delhez, E.; Soetaert, K.; Grégoire, M. (2017). Three-dimensional modelling of the Southern Bight of the North Sea: first results and perspectives. Poster presented at the VLIZ Marine Science Day 3 March 2017. University of Liege: Liege. 1 poster pp., more Huynh, H.-N.; Alvera-Azcárate, A.; Barth, A.; Beckers, J.M. (2012). Reconstruction of the long-term satellite-derived sea surface temperature in the South China Sea. Poster presentation. University of Liège. Geohydrodynamics and Environment Research: Liège. 1 poster pp., more Troupin, C.; Barth, A.; Alvera-Azcárate, A.; Sirjacobs, D.; Beckers, J.M. (2012). Viewing through the clouds in satellite images. University of Liège. Geohydrodynamics and Environment Research: Liège. 1 poster pp., more Sirjacobs, D.; Troupin, C.; Alvera, A.; Barth, A.; Ouberdous, M.; Vandenbulcke, L.; Beckers, J.-M. (2009). Weekly satellite sea surface temperature around Corsica, a DINEOF analysis of AVHRR data (1998), foreseeing comparison with interpolated and modelled fields. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting 2009. Université de Liège: Nice. 1 poster pp., more Vandenbulcke, L.; Barth, A.; Alvera Azcarate, A.; Lenartz, F.; Rixen, M.; Beckers, J.-M. (2007). Error analysis of a high-resolution physical model of the Mediterranean Sea. Université de Liège: Liège. 1 poster pp., more
Thesis (co-)promotor [show]
Pujol, C. (2025). Study of marine heatwaves in a semi-enclosed coastal area: detection, formation, drivers and impacts, using a combination of satellite and in situ data. PhD Thesis. University of Liège, Faculty of Sciences: Liège. 194 + annexes pp., more