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Alvera Azcarate Aida

Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > GeoHydrodynamics and Environment Research (GHER)

Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO)

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ORCID
0000-0002-0484-4791
Main Referenced Co-authors
Barth, Alexander  (173)
Beckers, Jean-Marie  (145)
Troupin, Charles  (51)
Sirjacobs, Damien  (28)
Rixen, M. (26)
Main Referenced Keywords
DINEOF (30); DIVA (18); Mediterranean Sea (14); data assimilation (13); SeaDataNet (13);
Main Referenced Unit & Research Centers
Centre Interfacultaire de Recherches en Océanologie - MARE - GHER (55)
MARE - Centre Interfacultaire de Recherches en Océanologie - ULiège [BE] (52)
FOCUS - Freshwater and OCeanic science Unit of reSearch - ULiège [BE] (32)
GeoHydrodynamics and Environment Research (9)
GHER (6)
Main Referenced Disciplines
Earth sciences & physical geography (193)
Aquatic sciences & oceanology (21)
Physical, chemical, mathematical & earth Sciences: Multidisciplinary, general & others (7)
Environmental sciences & ecology (2)
Engineering, computing & technology: Multidisciplinary, general & others (1)

Publications (total 209)

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Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., Sirjacobs, D., Lenartz, F., & Beckers, J.-M. (2011). Data Interpolating Empirical Orthogonal Functions (DINEOF): a tool for geophysical data analyses. Mediterranean Marine Science, 12 (3), 5-11. doi:10.12681/mms.64 https://hdl.handle.net/2268/87104

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299 citations (Scopus®)

Alvera Azcarate, 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. doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2004.08.001 https://hdl.handle.net/2268/4296

Mohamed, B. A., Barth, A., & Alvera Azcarate, A. (19 September 2023). Extreme marine heatwaves and cold-spells events in the Southern North Sea: classifications, patterns, and trends. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, 1-17. doi:10.3389/fmars.2023.1258117
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Vargas-Yáñez, M., Sánchez-Leal, R. F., Alvera Azcarate, A., Troupin, C., Moya, F., Ballesteros, E., Serra, M., Balbín, R., Moltó, V., & García-Martínez, M. C. (24 August 2023). Opportunity observation of an Algerian Eddy to the south of Cape Palos (southwestern Mediterranean Sea). Scientia Marina, 87 (3), 70-70. doi:10.3989/scimar.05333.070
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Elawady, M., & Alvera Azcarate, A. (08 March 2023). Marine heatwaves characteristics in the Mediterranean Sea: Case study the 2019 heatwave events. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10. doi:10.3389/fmars.2023.1093760
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Rajan, K., Alvera Azcarate, A., Eidsvik, J., & Subramaniam, A. (February 2023). Symposium on Advances in Ocean Observation. Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin, 32 (1), 39 - 40. doi:10.1002/lob.10536
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Grégoire, M., Alvera Azcarate, A., Buga, L., Capet, A., Constantin, S., D’ortenzio, F., Doxaran, D., Faugeras, Y., Garcia-Espriu, A., Golumbeanu, M., González-Haro, C., González-Gambau, V., Kasprzyk, J.-P., Ivanov, E., Mason, E., Mateescu, R., Meulders, C., Olmedo, E., Pons, L., ... Rio, M.-H. (26 January 2023). Monitoring Black Sea environmental changes from space: New products for altimetry, ocean colour and salinity. Potentialities and requirements for a dedicated in-situ observing system. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9. doi:10.3389/fmars.2022.998970
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Pujol, C., Pérez Santos, I., Barth, A., & Alvera Azcarate, A. (23 November 2022). Detection of marine heatwaves in a coastal area: the case study of the semi-enclosed inner seas of North Patagonia [Paper presentation]. 6to. Congreso de Oceanografía Física, Meteorología y Clima del Pacifico Sur Oriental, Puerto Montt, Chile.

Stechele, B., van der Zande, D., Alvera Azcarate, A., Delbare, D., Lacroix, G., & Nevejan, N. (August 2022). Biological site suitability for exposed self-regulating cultivation of blue mussel (Mytilus edulis): A Belgian case study. Aquacultural Engineering, 98, 102264. doi:10.1016/j.aquaeng.2022.102264
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Pujol, C., Pérez Santos, I., Barth, A., & Alvera Azcarate, A. (15 July 2022). Marine heatwaves in Patagonia: from large-scale to regional-scale [Paper presentation]. Workshop IFOP - Programa taller de colaboración IFOP Putemún - Centro i-mar, Castro, Chiloé, Chile.

Pujol, C., Pérez-Santos, I., Barth, A., & Alvera Azcarate, A. (24 May 2022). Marine heatwaves in the Southeast Pacific Ocean: An overview over the last 40 years and a focus on a 5 months marine heatwave [Poster presentation]. Living Planet Symposium 2022, Bonn, Germany.

Pujol, C., Pérez-Santos, I., Barth, A., & Alvera Azcarate, A. (17 May 2022). Study of Marine Heatwaves in a semi-enclosed coastal area: understanding their drivers and quantifying their impact using a combination of satellite and in situ data, and hydrodynamic modelling [Poster presentation]. 53rd International Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics: 3rd GO2NE Oxygen Conference · 16-20 May 2022, Liège, Belgium.

Pujol, C., Pérez-Santos, I., Barth, A., & Alvera Azcarate, A. (06 May 2022). Marine Heatwaves Offshore Central and South Chile: Understanding Forcing Mechanisms During the Years 2016-2017. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9. doi:10.3389/fmars.2022.800325
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Aguiar, E., Mourre, B., Alvera Azcarate, A., Pascual, A., Mason, E., & Tintoré, J. (03 May 2022). Strong Long‐Lived Anticyclonic Mesoscale Eddies in the Balearic Sea: Formation, Intensification, and Thermal Impact. Journal of Geophysical Research. Oceans, 127 (5). doi:10.1029/2021jc017589
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Barth, A., Alvera Azcarate, A., Troupin, C., & Beckers, J.-M. (15 March 2022). DINCAE 2.0: multivariate convolutional neural network with error estimates to reconstruct sea surface temperature satellite and altimetry observations. Geoscientific Model Development, 15 (5), 2183 - 2196. doi:10.5194/gmd-15-2183-2022
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Pujol, C., Alvera Azcarate, A., Pérez Santos, I., & Barth, A. (01 December 2021). Combination of atmospheric and oceanic processes induced long lasting marine heatwave in the Southeast Pacific Ocean [Poster presentation]. EUMETSAT Remote Sensing for Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions Studies and Applications Workshop (online).

Alvera Azcarate, A. (May 2021). Filling gaps in ocean satellite data: DINEOF and DINCAE [Paper presentation]. AI4Climate.

Pujol, C.* , Alvera Azcarate, A.* , Troupin, C., Barth, A., & Romanelli, H. (04 April 2021). Study of an anticyclonic eddy in the Algero Provencal Basin ( Mediterranean ) in summer 2019 using altimetric satellite data and an eddy tracker [Paper presentation]. EGU General Assembly 2021 (online). doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu21-5955
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Alvera Azcarate, A., Van der Zande, D., Barth, A., Cardoso dos Santos, J. F., Troupin, C., & Beckers, J.-M. (February 2021). Detection of shadows in high spatial resolution ocean satellite data using DINEOF. Remote Sensing of Environment, 253, 112229. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2020.112229
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Alvera Azcarate, 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. Frontiers in Marine Science. doi:10.3389/fmars.2021.707632
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Alvera Azcarate, A. (2021). Planet Water: study of the ocean and their impact on our everyday life, from space [Paper presentation]. Thematic conferences of the Forum des Savoirs of the Université de Liège.

Barth, A., Alvera Azcarate, A., Troupin, C., Beckers, J.-M., & Van der Zande, D. (2021). Reconstruction of missing data in satellite images of the Southern North Sea using a convolutional neural network (DINCAE). In 2021 IGARSS: IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium. Proceedings : July 12-16, 2021, Brussels (Belgium). doi:10.1109/IGARSS47720.2021.9554045
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Barth, A., Troupin, C., Emma, R., Alvera Azcarate, A., Beckers, J.-M., & Joaquı́n, T. (2021). Variational interpolation of high-frequency radar surface currents using DIVAnd. Ocean Dynamics, 71, 293–308. doi:10.1007/s10236-020-01432-x
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Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., Troupin, C., Beckers, J.-M., & Van der Zande, D. (2021). Creation of high resolution suspended particulate matter data in the North Sea from Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-3 data. In 2021 IGARSS: IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium. Proceedings : July 12-16, 2021, Brussels (Belgium). doi:10.1109/IGARSS47720.2021.9554197
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Alvera Azcarate, A., Troupin, C., Goosse, H., McPhaden, M. J., & Beckers, J.-M. (2020). Editorial to the Liège Colloquium Special Issue: Long-term studies in oceanography – a celebration of 50 years of science at the Liège Colloquium (1969 – 2018). Ocean Dynamics. doi:10.1007/s10236-020-01421-0
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Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., Troupin, C., Beckers, J.-M., Evers-King, H., Pascual, A., Aguiar, E., & Tintoré, J. (May 2020). Multiplatform analysis of a large anticyclonic eddy in the Algero-Provencal basin in 2019 [Paper presentation]. EGU 2020, Vienna, Austria. doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-13744

Barth, A., Alvera Azcarate, A., Licer, M., & Beckers, J.-M. (2020). A convolutional neural network with error estimates to reconstruct sea surface temperature satellite observations (DINCAE) [Paper presentation]. EGU 2020, Vienna, Austria. doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-9414

Barth, A., Alvera Azcarate, A., Troupin, C., & Beckers, J.-M. (2020). DINCAE: multivariate convolutional neural network with error estimates to reconstruct gridded and along-track satellite observations [Paper presentation]. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, United States - California.

Barth, A., Alvera Azcarate, A., Licer, M., & Beckers, J.-M. (2020). DINCAE 1.0: a convolutional neural network with error estimates to reconstruct sea surface temperature satellite observations. Geoscientific Model Development, 13 (3), 1609-1622. doi:10.5194/gmd-13-1609-2020
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Minnett, P. J., Alvera Azcarate, A., Chin, T. M., Corlett, G. K., Gentemann, C. L., Karagali, I., Li, X., Marsouin, A., Marullo, S., Maturi, E., Santoleri, R., Saux Picart, S., Steele, M., & Vazquez-Cuervo, J. (November 2019). Half a century of satellite remote sensing of sea-surface temperature. Remote Sensing of Environment, 233, 111366. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2019.111366
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Aguiar, E., Juza, M., Mourre, B., Pascual, A., Mason, E., Alvera Azcarate, A., & Tintoré, J. (September 2019). Anticyclonic Eddy Anomaly: impact on the boundary current and circulation in the western Mediterranean Sea. Journal of Operational Oceanography, 12, 1-S123. doi:10.1080/1755876X.2019.1633075
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Barth, A., Herman, P., Troupin, C., Alvera Azcarate, A., & Beckers, J.-M. (11 April 2019). Combining variational interpolation (DIVAnd) and neural networks to generate ocean climatologies from in situ observations [Poster presentation]. European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.

Storto, A., Alvera Azcarate, A., Balmaseda, M. A., Barth, A., Chevallier, M., Counillon, F., Domingues, C. M., Drévillon, 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., ... Zuo, H. (2019). Ocean reanalyses: Recent advances and unsolved challenges. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6 (JUL). doi:10.3389/fmars.2019.00418
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Huynh, T. H. N., Alvera Azcarate, A., & Beckers, J.-M. (2019). Analysis of surface chlorophyll a associated with sea surface temperature and surface wind in the South China Sea. Ocean Dynamics. doi:10.1007/s10236-019-01308-9
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Davidson, F. J., Alvera Azcarate, 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., ... Zu, Z. (2019). Synergies in operational oceanography: The intrinsic need for sustained ocean observations. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6 (JUL). doi:10.3389/fmars.2019.00450
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Gommenginger, C., Chapron, B., Hogg, A., Buckingham, C., Fox-Kemper, B., Eriksson, L., Soulat, F., Ubelmann, C., Ocampo-Torres, F., Nardelli, B. B., Griffin, D., Lopez-Dekker, F., Knudsen, P., Andersen, O. B., Stenseng, L., Stapleton, N., Perrie, W., Violante-Carvalho, N., Schulz-Stellenfleth, J., ... Burbidge, G. (2019). SEASTAR: A mission to study ocean submesoscale dynamics and small-scale atmosphere-ocean processes in coastal, shelf and polar seas. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6 (JUL). doi:10.3389/fmars.2019.00457
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Alvera Azcarate, A., & Barth, A. (2019). DINCAE: Reconstruction of Missing Satellite Data with a Convolutional Auto-Encoder [Paper presentation]. PhiWeek.

Barth, A., Troupin, C., Watelet, S., Alvera Azcarate, A., & Beckers, J.-M. (2018). Generating ocean climatologies from in situ observations. In IMDIS 2018 International Conference on Marine Data and Information Systems, Book of Abstracts (pp. 268-269).
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Troupin, C., Peelen, C., Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., Watelet, S., & Beckers, J.-M. (01 June 2018). History of the participation to the Colloquium: spatial analysis and time series [Paper presentation]. 50th International Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics, Liège, Belgium.

Olmedo, E., Taupier-Letage, I., Turiel, A., & Alvera Azcarate, A. (March 2018). Improving SMOS Sea Surface Salinity in the Western Mediterranean Sea through Multivariate and Multifractal Analysis. Remote Sensing, 10 (3), 485. doi:10.3390/rs10030485
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Sabia, R., Olmedo, E., Turiel, A., Martinez, J., & Alvera Azcarate, A. (2018). SMOS satellite inference of alkalinity over Mediterranean basin. In SMOS satellite inference of alkalinity over Mediterranean basin (pp. 1519-1522). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. doi:10.1109/IGARSS.2018.8518407
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Huynh, T. H. N., Alvera Azcarate, A., & Beckers, J.-M. (2018). Investigating the variability of surface chlorophyll-a in association with sea surface temperature and surface wind in the South China Sea [Poster presentation]. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2018, Vienna, Austria.

Barth, A., Troupin, C., Reyes, E., Alvera Azcarate, A., Tintoré, J., & Beckers, J.-M. (2018). Variational analysis of high-frequency radar surface currents using DIVA [Paper presentation]. EGU 2018, Vienna, Austria.

Alvera Azcarate, A. (2018). Ocean reanalysis for the study of the evolution of the state of the ocean over the last decades [Paper presentation]. VI International Symposium on Marine Sciences.

Huynh, T. H. N., Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., & Beckers, J.-M. (25 April 2017). Characteristics of surface chlorophyll-a concentrations in the South China Sea [Poster presentation]. EGU General Assembly 2017, Vienna, Austria.

Barth, A., Troupin, C., Watelet, S., Alvera Azcarate, A., Santinelli, G., Hendriksen, G., & Beckers, J.-M. (05 April 2017). OceanBrowser [Paper presentation]. EMODnet Chemistry 3 Technical Working Group, Venice, Italy.

Barth, A., Watelet, S., Troupin, C., Alvera Azcarate, A., & Beckers, J.-M. (2017). Analysis of Ocean in Situ Observations and Web - Based Visualization: From Individual Measurements to an Integrated View. In P. Diviacco, A. Leadbetter, ... H. Glaves (Eds.), Oceanographic and Marine Cross-Domain Data Management for Sustainable Development (pp. 345-371). Hershey, United States: IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-5225-0700-0.ch015
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Barth, A., Troupin, C., Watelet, S., Alvera Azcarate, A., & Beckers, J.-M. (2017). Web-based workflows to produce ocean climatologies using DIVA (Data-Interpolating Variational Analysis) and Jupyter notebooks [Paper presentation]. EGU 2017, Austria.

Pete, D., Alvera Azcarate, A., & Gobert, S. (2016). Relationships between environmental parameters and the microbenthic loop of Posidonia oceanica meadows at small spatial scale. In Zoology 2016: 23rd Congress of Zoology (pp. 81).

Barth, A., Watelet, S., Troupin, C., Alvera Azcarate, A., Santinelli, G., Hendriksen, G., Alessandra, G., & Beckers, J.-M. (October 2016). OceanBrowser: on-line visualization of gridded ocean data and in situ observations [Paper presentation]. International Conference on Marine Data and Information Systems (IMDIS), Poland.

Vandenbulcke, L., Capet, A., Ivanov, E., Alvera Azcarate, A., & Grégoire, M. (29 September 2016). Operational forecasting of the Black sea: merging model simulations and satellite products [Paper presentation]. Black Sea from Space Workshop, Constanta, Romania.

Alvera Azcarate, A., Vandenbulcke, L., Barth, A., Capet, A., Grégoire, M., & Beckers, J.-M. (29 September 2016). DINEOF analyses of Sea Surface Temperature data in the Black Sea [Paper presentation]. Black Sea from Space Workshop, Constanta, Romania.

Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., Parard, G., & Beckers, J.-M. (July 2016). Analysis of SMOS sea surface salinity data using DINEOF. Remote Sensing of Environment, 180. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2016.02.044
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Huynh, T. H. N., Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., & Beckers, J.-M. (2016). Reconstruction and analysis of long-term satellite-derived sea surface temperature for the South China Sea. Journal of Oceanography. doi:10.1007/s10872-016-0365-1
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Barth, A., Alvera Azcarate, A., & Beckers, J.-M. (2016). Deriving ocean climatologies with multivariate coupling [Paper presentation]. EGU.

Kerr, Y., Reul, N., Martín-Neira, M., Drusch, M., Alvera Azcarate, A., Wigneron, J. P., & Mecklenburg, S. (Eds.). (2016). ESA's Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity Mission - Achievements and applications after more than 6 years in orbit. Remote Sensing of Environment, 180, 1-2. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2016.03.020
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Barth, A., Watelet, S., Troupin, C., Alvera Azcarate, A., Santinelli, G., Hendriksen, G., & Beckers, J.-M. (2016). OceanBrowser: on-line visualization of gridded ocean data and in situ observations. Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata, 57 - supplement, 39-40.
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Barth, A., Yan, Y., Alvera Azcarate, A., & Beckers, J.-M. (2016). Local ensemble assimilation scheme with global constraints and conservation. Ocean Dynamics, 66, 1651-1664. doi:10.1007/s10236-016-0999-y
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Barth, A., Watelet, S., Troupin, C., Alvera Azcarate, A., Santinelli, G., Hendriksen, G., Giorgetti, A., & Beckers, J.-M. (2016). Analysis of ocean in situ observations and web-based visualization [Paper presentation]. EGU.

Barth, A., Canter, M., Van Schaeybroeck, B., Vannitsem, S., Massonnet, F., Zunz, V., Mathiot, P., Alvera Azcarate, A., & Beckers, J.-M. (September 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. doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2015.07.011
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Alvera Azcarate, A., & Beckers, J.-M. (15 April 2015). Use of DINEOF with high frequency geostationary ocean colour data in the southern North Sea [Poster presentation]. EGU General Assembly 2015, VIENNA, Austria.

Barth, A., Canter, M., Van Schaeybroeck, B., Vannitsem, S., Massonnet, F., Zunz, V., Mathiot, P., Alvera Azcarate, A., & Beckers, J.-M. (2015). Assimilation of sea surface temperature, sea ice concentration and sea ice drift in a model of the Southern Ocean [Poster presentation]. The 47th International Liege Colloquium.

Alvera Azcarate, A., Vanhellemont, Q., Ruddick, K., Barth, A., & Beckers, J.-M. (2015). Analysis of high frequency geostationary ocean colour data using DINEOF. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 159, 28-36. doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2015.03.026
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Barth, A., Canter, Van Schaeybroeck, B., Vannitsem, S., Massonnet, F., Zunz, V., Mathiot, P., Alvera Azcarate, A., & Beckers, J.-M. (2015). Assimilation of sea surface temperature, sea ice concentration and sea ice drift in a model of the Southern Ocean [Paper presentation]. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2015.

Barth, A., Yan, Y., Canter, M., Alvera Azcarate, A., & Beckers, J.-M. (2015). Local ensemble assimilation scheme with global constraints and conservation [Paper presentation]. The 47th International Liege Colloquium.

Huynh, T. H. N., Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., & Beckers, J.-M. (02 May 2014). EOF analysis of long-term reconstructed AVHRR Pathfinder SST in the South China Sea [Poster presentation]. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014, Vienna, Austria.

Barth, A., Yan, Y., Canter, M., Alvera Azcarate, A., & Beckers, J.-M. (April 2014). Local ensemble assimilation scheme with global constraints and conservation [Poster presentation]. EGU 2014.

Tomazic, I., Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., & Beckers, J.-M. (April 2014). Web-based application for Data INterpolation Empirical Orthogonal Functions (DINEOF) analysis [Poster presentation]. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014, Vienna, Austria.

Beckers, J.-M., Barth, A., Troupin, C., & Alvera Azcarate, A. (February 2014). Approximate and Efficient Methods to Assess Error Fields in Spatial Gridding with Data Interpolating Variational Analysis (DIVA). Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 31 (2), 515-530. doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-13-00130.1
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Barth, A., Beckers, J.-M., Troupin, C., Alvera Azcarate, A., & Vandenbulcke, L. (2014). divand-1.0: n-dimensional variational data analysis for ocean observations. Geoscientific Model Development, 7, 225-241. doi:10.5194/gmd-7-225-2014
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Beckers, J.-M., Barth, A., Tomazic, I., & Alvera Azcarate, 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 Science, 10 (5), 845-862. doi:10.5194/os-10-845-2014
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Alvera Azcarate, A., Ruddick, K., & Minnett, P. (Eds.). (2014). Preface to Liège Colloquium Special Issue. Remote sensing of colour, temperature and salinity – new challenges and opportunities. Remote Sensing of Environment, 146, 1-234. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2013.10.031
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Troupin, C., Barth, A., Alvera Azcarate, A., Ouberdous, M., & Beckers, J.-M. (04 November 2013). 7th Diva user workshop [Paper presentation]. 7th Diva user workshop, Calvi, France.

Troupin, C., Barth, A., Ouberdous, M., Alvera Azcarate, A., & Beckers, J.-M. (27 September 2013). WP8 and WP9 developments: Data-Interpolating Variational Analysis (Diva) developments [Paper presentation]. SeaDataNet Second Plenary Meeting, Lucca, Italy.

Barth, A., Troupin, C., Alvera Azcarate, A., & Beckers, J.-M. (25 September 2013). Variational data analysis for generating ocean climatologies (DIVA) and web-based distribution of data products (OceanBrowser) [Paper presentation]. International Conference on Marine Data and Information Systems, Lucca, Italy.

Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., Vanhellemont, Q., Ruddick, K., & Beckers, J.-M. (09 September 2013). Derivation of high resolution TSM data by merging geostationary and polar-orbiting satellite data in the North Sea [Paper presentation]. European Space Agency Living Planet Symposium, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

Tomazic, I., Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., & Beckers, J.-M. (2013). DINEOF-based bias correction of SEVIRI sea surface temperature using Metop-A/AVHRR and ENVISAT/AATSR SST [Poster presentation]. The joint 2013 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference and the 19th American Meteorological Society (AMS) Satellite Meteorology & Oceanography Conference, Vienna, Austria.

Tomazic, I., Alvera Azcarate, A., Troupin, C., Barth, A., Beckers, J.-M., & Orain, F. (2013). Estimating Inter-Sensor Sea Surface Temperature Biases using DINEOF analysis [Poster presentation]. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2013, Vienna, Austria.

Richir, J., Luy, N., Lepoint, G., Rozet, E., Alvera Azcarate, A., & Gobert, S. (2013). Experimental in situ exposure of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile to 15 trace elements. Aquatic Toxicology, 140-141, 157-173. doi:10.1016/j.aquatox.2013.05.018
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Ganzedo, U., Erdaide, O., Trujillo-Santana, A., Alvera Azcarate, A., & Castro, J. J. (2013). Reconstruction of spatiotemporal capture data by means of orthogonal functions: the case of skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) in the Central-east Atlantic. Scientia Marina, 77 (4), 575-584. doi:10.3989/scimar.03881.07a
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Troupin, C., Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., & Beckers, J.-M. (16 November 2012). How to remove clouds in a time series of SST images?: Application to the Canary Island - Madeira Region [Paper presentation]. II Encuentro de la Oceanografía Física Española, Madrid, Spain.

Troupin, C., Ouberdous, M., Barth, A., Alvera Azcarate, A., Sirjacobs, D., & Beckers, J.-M. (15 November 2012). Generation of analysis and consistent error fields using the Data Interpolating Variational Analysis (Diva) [Poster presentation]. II Encuentro de la Oceanografía Física Española, Madrid, Spain.

Troupin, C., Barth, A., Sirjacobs, D., Ouberdous, M., Brankart, J.-M., Brasseur, P., Rixen, M., Alvera Azcarate, A., Belounis, M., Capet, A., Lenartz, F., Toussaint, M.-E., & Beckers, J.-M. (August 2012). Generation of analysis and consistent error fields using the Data Interpolating Variational Analysis (Diva). Ocean Modelling, 52-53, 90-101. doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2012.05.002
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Alvera Azcarate, A., Neukermans, G., Barth, A., Ruddick, K., & Beckers, J.-M. (10 May 2012). Reconstruction of Total Suspended Matter data over the North Sea using DINEOF: use of the Gaussian anamorphosis transformation [Paper presentation]. 44th International Liège Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics.

Alvera Azcarate, A., Troupin, C., Barth, A., & Beckers, J.-M. (10 May 2012). An EOF-based technique to compute merged high resolution sea surface temperature fields [Paper presentation]. 44th International Liège Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics.

Ouberdous, M., Troupin, C., Barth, A., Alvera Azcarate, A., & Beckers, J.-M. (24 April 2012). Data-Interpolating Variational Analysis (Diva) software, a tool for European regional seas and Ocean climatologies production [Poster presentation]. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2012, Vienna, Austria.

Troupin, C., Ouberdous, M., Barth, A., Alvera Azcarate, A., Sirjacobs, D., & Beckers, J.-M. (24 April 2012). Comparison between Optimal Interpolation (OI) and Data-Interpolating Variational Analysis (Diva) for the generation of analysis and error gridded fields [Poster presentation]. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2012, Vienna, Austria.

Troupin, C., Alvera Azcarate, A., & Beckers, J.-M. (24 April 2012). Reconstruction and analysis of QuikSCAT wind measurements with an EOF-based technique [Poster presentation]. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2012, Vienna, Austria.

Troupin, C., Barth, A., Alvera Azcarate, A., Sirjacobs, D., & Beckers, J.-M. (24 February 2012). Viewing through the clouds in satellite images [Poster presentation]. VLIZ Young Marine Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium.

Huynh, T. H. N., Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., & Beckers, J.-M. (24 February 2012). Reconstruction of the long-term satellite-derived sea surface temperature in the South China Sea [Poster presentation]. VLIZ Young Marine Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium.

Alvera Azcarate, A., Sirjacobs, D., Barth, A., & Beckers, J.-M. (2012). Outlier detection in satellite data using spatial coherence. Remote Sensing of Environment, 119, 84-91. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2011.12.009
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Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., Toussaint, M.-E., & Beckers, J.-M. (25 May 2011). HiSea: High resolution merged satellite sea surface temperature fields [Paper presentation]. Belgian Earth Observation Day, Oudenburg, Belgium.

Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., & Beckers, J.-M. (05 April 2011). Merging satellite and in situ sea surface temperature data using DINEOF [Paper presentation]. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.

Troupin, C., Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., & Beckers, J.-M. (05 April 2011). EOF analysis of Sea Surface Temperature in the Canary Island - Madeira region [Paper presentation]. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2011, Vienna, Austria.

Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., & Beckers, J.-M. (03 April 2011). Satellite and in situ sea surface temperature comparison and merging in the Mediterranean Sea [Paper presentation]. Third International Workshop on Advances in the Use of Historical Marine Climate Data (MARCDAT-III), Frascati, Italy.

Barth, A., Chiggiato, J., Alvera Azcarate, A., Mourre, B., Beckers, J.-M., Horstmann, J., & Rixen, M. (April 2011). Assimilation of high-frequency radar currents in the Ligurian Sea [Paper presentation]. EGU General Assembly 2011.

Troupin, C., Sirjacobs, D., Rixen, M., Brasseur, P., Brankart, J.-M., Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., Capet, A., Ouberdous, M., Lenartz, F., Toussaint, M.-E., & Beckers, J.-M. (April 2011). Advanced Data Interpolating Variational Analysis. Application to climatological data [Poster presentation]. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2011, Vienna, Austria.

Troupin, C., Sirjacobs, D., Rixen, M., Brasseur, P., Brankart, J.-M., Barth, A., Alvera Azcarate, A., Capet, A., Ouberdous, M., Lenartz, F., Toussaint, M.-E., & Beckers, J.-M. (21 March 2011). Advanced Data Interpolating Variational Analysis. Application to climatological data [Poster presentation]. IODE 50th Anniversary International Conference, Liège, Belgium.

Ganzedo, U., Alvera Azcarate, A., Esnaola, G., Ezcurra, A., & Saenz, J. (2011). Reconstruction of sea surface temperature by means of DINEOF: a case study during the fishing season in the Bay of Biscay. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 32 (4), 933-950. doi:10.1080/01431160903491420
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Nechad, B., Alvera Azcarate, A., Ruddick, K., & Greenwood, N. (2011). Reconstruction of MODIS total suspended matter time series maps by DINEOF and validation with autonomous platform data. Ocean Dynamics. doi:10.1007/s10236-011-0425-4
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Alvera Azcarate, 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. doi:10.1007/s10236-011-0403-x
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Alvera Azcarate, A., & Poulain, P.-M. (Eds.). (2011). Multiparametric observation and analysis of the Sea. Ocean Dynamics. doi:10.1007/s10236-011-0492-6
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Barth, A., Alvera Azcarate, A., Beckers, J.-M., Staneva, J., Emil V., S., & Johannes, S.-S. (2011). Correcting surface winds by assimilating High-Frequency Radar surface currents in the German Bight. Ocean Dynamics, 61 (5), 599-610. doi:10.1007/s10236-010-0369-0
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Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., Weisberg, R. H., Castañeda, J. J., Vandenbulcke, L., & Beckers, J.-M. (January 2011). Thermocline characterisation in the Cariaco basin: A modelling study of the thermocline annual variation and its relation with winds and chlorophyll-a concentration. Continental Shelf Research, 31 (1), 73-84. doi:10.1016/j.csr.2010.11.006
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Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., Sirjacobs, D., Lenartz, F., & Beckers, J.-M. (2011). Data Interpolating Empirical Orthogonal Functions (DINEOF): a tool for geophysical data analyses. Mediterranean Marine Science, 12 (3), 5-11. doi:10.12681/mms.64
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Huynh, T. H. N., Alvera Azcarate, A., & Beckers, J.-M. (2011). Reconstruction of satellite-derived sea surface temperature of the South China Sea in 2003-2009 [Poster presentation]. DPG Physics School: Physics of the Ocean, Physikzentrum Bad Honnef, Germany.

Sirjacobs, D., Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., Lacroix, G., Park, Y., Nechad, B., Ruddick, K., & Beckers, J.-M. (January 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. Journal of Sea Research, 65 (1), 114-130. doi:10.1016/j.seares.2010.08.002
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Barth, A., Alvera Azcarate, A., Troupin, C., Ouberdous, M., & Beckers, J.-M. (27 September 2010). A web interface for griding arbitrarily distributed in situ data based on Data-Interpolating Variational Analysis (DIVA). Advances in Geosciences, 28 (28), 29-37. doi:10.5194/adgeo-28-29-2010
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Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., Weisberg, R. H., Castañeda, J., Vandenbulcke, L., & Beckers, J.-M. (11 August 2010). Cariaco basin dynamics: Study of the thermocline depth variability and its relation with open ocean conditions [Paper presentation]. AGU Meeting of the Americas, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil.

Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., & Beckers, J.-M. (12 July 2010). Reconstruction of missing data in satellite and in situ data sets with DINEOF (Data Interpolating Empirical Orthogonal Functions) [Paper presentation]. 11th International Meeting on Statistical Climatology, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., Troupin, C., & Beckers, J.-M. (06 May 2010). Comparison between in situ and satellite surface temperature in the Western Mediterranean Sea [Paper presentation]. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.

Gobert, S., Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., Beckers, J.-M., Binard, M., Borges, A., Bouquegneau, J.-M., Chery, A., Demoulin, V., Djenidi, S., Hecq, J.-H., Lejeune, P., Lepoint, G., Pelaprat, C., Poulicek, M., & Goffart, A. (May 2010). Multiparametric observations and analysis in the Bay of Calvi (Corsica), an ideal site for studying the human activity effects and climate changes in the Mediterranean Sea; STARESO [Paper presentation]. The 42nd International Liege Colloquim on Ocean Dynamic, Liege, Belgium.

Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., Troupin, C., & Beckers, J.-M. (30 April 2010). Error assessment of sea surface temperature satellite data relative to in situ data: effect of spatial and temporal coverage [Paper presentation]. 42nd International Liège Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics.

Troupin, C., Beckers, J.-M., Sangrà, P., Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., Machín, F., Mason, E., Lenartz, F., Ouberdous, M., & Sirjacobs, D. (26 April 2010). High-resolution measurements and modelling of the Cape Ghir upwelling filament during the CAIBEX cruise [Paper presentation]. 42° International Liège Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics, Liège, Belgium.

Beckers, J.-M., Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., Vandenbulcke, L., Troupin, C., Sirjacobs, D., & Ouberdous, M. (01 April 2010). Synthesis of regional product activities JRA4-JRA9 [Paper presentation]. SeaDataNet 4th Plenary Meeting, Paris, France.

Barth, A., Alvera Azcarate, A., Sirjacobs, D., Troupin, C., Ouberdous, M., & Beckers, J.-M. (March 2010). A web interface for gridding and visualizing oceanographic data sets [Paper presentation]. International Conference on Marine Data and Information Systems, Paris, France.

Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., Sirjacobs, D., & Beckers, J.-M. (24 February 2010). Cloud-free satellite data for operational applications using DINEOF [Paper presentation]. Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, United States.

Beckers, J.-M., Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., & Troupin, C. (22 February 2010). Climatological analysis of irregularly distributed data using Data Interpolating Variational Analysis DIVA [Poster presentation]. Ocean Science Meeting, Portland, United States.

Barth, A., Alvera Azcarate, A., Gurgel, K.-W., Staneva, J., Port, A., Beckers, J.-M., & Stanev, E. V. (04 February 2010). Ensemble perturbation smoother for optimizing tidal boundary conditions by assimilation of High-Frequency radar surface currents - application to the German Bight. Ocean Science, 6 (1), 161-178. doi:10.5194/os-6-161-2010
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Barth, A., Alvera Azcarate, A., Staneva, J., Port, A., Gurgel, K.-W., Beckers, J.-M., & Stanev, E. V. (2010). Ensemble smoother for optimizing tidal boundary conditions and wind forcing by assimilation of High-Frequency Radar surface currents measurements of the German Bight [Paper presentation]. Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, Oregon, United States.

Barth, A., Alvera Azcarate, A., Gurgel, K.-W., Staneva, J., Beckers, J.-M., Port, A., & Stenev, E. V. (2010). Assimilation of high-frequency radar surface currents measurements to optimize tidal boundary conditions and wind forcing [Paper presentation]. 7th EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.

Barth, A., Alvera Azcarate, A., Gurgel, K.-W., Staneva, J., Port, A., & Stanev, E. V. (2010). Ensemble smoother for optimizing tidal boundary conditions and wind forcing by assimilation of High-Frequency Radar surface currents measurements of the German Bight [Paper presentation]. 42nd Liege Colloquium.

Barth, A., Alvera Azcarate, A., Gurgel, K.-W., Staneva, J., Beckers, J.-M., Port, A., & Stanev, E. V. (2010). Estimation of tidal boundary conditions and surface winds by assimilation of high-frequency radar surface currents in the German Bight [Paper presentation]. JONSMOD 2010.

Barth, A., Alvera Azcarate, A., Beckers, J.-M., Stanev, E. V., & Weisberg, R. H. (2010). Ensemble-based assimilation of high-frequency radar surface currents in regional ocean models [Paper presentation]. 2010 The Meeting of the Americas, Foz de Iguazu, Brazil.

Lenartz, F., Alvera Azcarate, A., Beckers, J.-M., & Grégoire, M. (November 2009). Modeling the hydrodynamics and the ecosystem dynamics of the Bay of Calvi [Poster presentation]. MEDCOAST 09 International Conference, Sochi, Russia.

Beckers, J.-M., Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., Troupin, C., Sirjacobs, D., & Ouberdous, M. (23 October 2009). DIVA: new features [Paper presentation]. 4th SeaDataNet DIVA workshop, Calvi, France.

Barth, A., Alvera Azcarate, A., Staneva, J., Port, A., Gurgel, K.-W., Beckers, J.-M., & Stanev, E. (September 2009). Ensemble smoother for optimizing tidal boundary conditions and bottom roughness by assimilation of High-Frequency Radar surface currents [Paper presentation]. COSYNA Data Assimilation Workshop 2009, Hamburg, Germany.

Troupin, C., Lenartz, F., Sirjacobs, D., Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., Ouberdous, M., & Beckers, J.-M. (20 April 2009). Evolution of Western Mediterranean Sea Surface Temperature between 1985 and 2005 [Paper presentation]. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.

Sirjacobs, D., Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., Lacroix, G., Park, Y., Nechad, B., Ruddick, K., & Beckers, J.-M. (April 2009). Uses of DINEOF algorithm (Data interpolation with Empirical Orthogonal Functions) for reconstruction and analysis of incomplete satellite databases over the North Sea and the Mediterranean, synthesis from the RECOLOUR project [Paper presentation]. BELSPO Earth Observation Days, Maaseik, Belgium.

Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., & Weisberg, R. H. (March 2009). The Surface Circulation of the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico as Inferred from Satellite Altimetry. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 39 (3), 640–657. doi:10.1175/2008JPO3765.1
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Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., & Weisberg, R. H. (February 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. doi:10.1007/s10236-008-0169-y
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Sirjacobs, D., Lenartz, F., Troupin, C., Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., Ouberdous, M., Vandenbulcke, L., & Beckers, J.-M. (January 2009). Weekly satellite sea surface temperature around Corsica, a DINEOF analysis of AVHRR data (1998), foreseeing comparison with interpolated and modelled fields [Poster presentation]. ASLO aquatic sciences meeting 2009, Nice, France.

Weisberg, R. H., Barth, A., Alvera Azcarate, A., & Zheng, L. Y. (2009). A coordinated coastal ocean observing and modeling system for the West Florida Continental Shelf. Harmful Algae, 8 (4), 585-597. doi:10.1016/j.hal.2008.11.003
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Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., & Weisberg, R. H. (2009). Surface circulation of the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico using 13 years of satellite altimetry data [Paper presentation]. 6th EGU General Assembly, 2009.

Barth, A., Alvera Azcarate, 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 [Paper presentation]. 6th EGU General Assembly.

Barth, A., Alvera Azcarate, 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) [Paper presentation]. 6th EGU General Assembly.

Barth, A., Alvera Azcarate, 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 Science, 5 (3), 259-270. doi:10.5194/os-5-259-2009
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Troupin, C., Lenartz, F., Sirjacobs, D., Alvera Azcarate, 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 [Paper presentation]. 6th EGU General Assembly, 2009, Vienna, Austria.

Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., Sirjacobs, D., & Beckers, J.-M. (2009). Enhancing temporal correlations in EOF expansions for the reconstruction of missing data using DINEOF. Ocean Science, 5 (4), 475-485. doi:10.5194/os-5-475-2009
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Vandenbulcke, L., Rixen, M., Beckers, J.-M., Alvera Azcarate, A., & Barth, A. (2009). Modelling error of a hydrodynamic model of the Mediterranean Sea [Paper presentation]. 6th EGU General Assembly, 2009, Vienna, Austria.

Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., Sirjacobs, D., & Beckers, J.-M. (2009). Reconstruction of missing data in satellite data sets using DINEOF with constraints to reduce spurious high-frequency variations in the temporal EOFs [Paper presentation]. 6th EGU General Assembly.

Barth, A., Alvera Azcarate, A., Staneva, J., & Stanev, E. (2009). Weakly constrained ensemble perturbations and surface current assimilation in the German Bight [Paper presentation]. Liège Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics 2009, Liège, Belgium.

Barth, A., Alvera Azcarate, A., Zheng, L., & Weisberg, R. H. (November 2008). A West Florida Shelf ROMS model nested in HYCOM: validation, application and data assimilation [Paper presentation]. GODAE Final Symposium, 2008, Nice, France.

Sirjacobs, D., Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., Lacroix, G., Park, Y., Nechad, B., Ruddick, K., & Beckers, J.-M. (October 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 [Poster presentation]. Ocean Optics 2008, Braga, Italy.

Sirjacobs, D., Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., Park, Y., Nechad, B., Ruddick, K., & Beckers, J.-M. (2008). Cloud filling of total suspended matter, chlorophyll and sea surface temperature remote sensing products by the Data Interpolation with Empirical Orthogonal Functions methodology, application to the BELCOLOUR-1 database. In ESA Special Publication SP666.

Barth, A., Alvera Azcarate, A., & Weisberg, R. H. (18 August 2008). Assimilation of high-frequency radar currents in a nested model of the West Florida Shelf. Journal of Geophysical Research. Oceans, 113 (C8). doi:10.1029/2007JC004585
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Barth, A., Alvera Azcarate, A., & Weisberg, R. H. (09 May 2008). A nested model study of the Loop Current generated variability and its impact on the West Florida Shelf. Journal of Geophysical Research. Oceans, 113 (C5). doi:10.1029/2007JC004492
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Barth, A., Alvera Azcarate, A., & Weiberg, R. H. (30 March 2008). Benefit of nesting a regional model into a large-scale ocean model instead of climatology. Application to the West Florida Shelf. Continental Shelf Research, 28 (4-5), 561-573. doi:10.1016/j.csr.2007.11.004
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Sirjacobs, D., Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., Park, Y., Nechad, B., Ruddick, K., & Beckers, J.-M. (12 February 2008). REconstruction of COLOUR scenes [Poster presentation]. Belgian Earth Observation Day, Namur, Belgium.

Sirjacobs, D., Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., Lacroix, G., Park, Y., Nechad, B., Ruddick, K., & Beckers, J.-M. (February 2008). REconstruction of COLOUR scenes: project summary, North Sea preliminary results, perspectives [Paper presentation]. Belgian Earth Observation Day, Namur, Belgium.

Barth, A., Alvera Azcarate, A., Zheng, L., & Weisberg, R. H. (2008). A Nested Model of the West Florida Shelf: Assimilation of High-Frequency Radar Currents and study of Loop Current generated flow [Paper presentation]. 5th EGU General Assembly, 2008.

Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., Sirjacobs, D., & Beckers, J.-M. (2008). Data Interpolating Empirical Orthogonal Functions (DINEOF), a tool for geophysical data analyses [Paper presentation]. International Marine Data and Information Systems, IMDIS, 2008, Athens, Greece.

Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., Sirjacobs, D., & Beckers, J.-M. (2008). Using monovariate and multivariate EOFs to reconstruct missing data with DINEOF [Paper presentation]. GODAE Final Symposium, 2008, Nice, France.

Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., & Weisberg, R. H. (2008). Downscaling of the global HYCOM to the Cariaco basin (Venezuela) using ROMS [Paper presentation]. GODAE Final Symposium, 2008, Nice, France.

Vandenbulcke, L., Rixen, M., Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., & Beckers, J.-M. (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. doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2008.05.007
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Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., & Beckers, J.-M. (2008). Thermocline characterization on modeled and observed temperature profiles: a technique for model error evaluation [Paper presentation]. EGU General Assembly 2008, Vienna, Austria.

Troupin, C., Lenartz, F., Sirjacobs, D., Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., Ouberdous, M., Vandenbulcke, L., & Beckers, J.-M. (2008). The western mediterranean sea surface temperature dynamics seen through complementary in situ, satellite and modelling approaches over the 1985-1995 period [Paper presentation]. MEDCLIVAR 2008, Rhodes, Greece.

Sirjacobs, D., Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., Park, Y., Nechad, B., Ruddick, K., & Beckers, J.-M. (2008). DINEOF univariate reconstruction of missing satellite data from the North Sea Belcolour-1 database [Poster presentation]. International Conference On Marine Data and Information Systems - IMDIS 2008, Athens, Greece.

Binard, M., Alvera Azcarate, A., Beckers, J.-M., Borges, A., Goffart, A., Lejeune, P., Lepoint, G., Norro, A., Pelaprat, C., & Gobert, S. (2008). RACE Data Base : Rapid Assessment of the Coastal Environment.

Barth, A., Alvera Azcarate, A., Beckers, J.-M., Rixen, M., & Vandenbulcke, L. (March 2007). Multigrid state vector for data assimilation in a two-way nested model of the Ligurian Sea. Journal of Marine Systems, 65 (1-4), 41-59. doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2005.07.006
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Raick, C., Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., Brankart, J. M., Soetaert, K., & Grégoire, M. (March 2007). Application of a SEEK filter to a 1D biogeochemical model of the Ligurian Sea: Twin experiments and real in-situ data assimilation. Journal of Marine Systems, 65 (1-4), 561-583. doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2005.06.006
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Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., Ben Bouallegue, Z., Rixen, M., & Beckers, J.-M. (March 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. Journal of Marine Systems, 65 (1-4), 460-483. doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2005.09.015
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Barth, A., Alvera Azcarate, A., & Weisberg, R. H. (2007). Ensemble-based assimilation of HF-Radar currents in a West Florida Shelf ROMS model nested in HYCOM [Paper presentation]. Gordon Research Conference, 2007, New London, NH, United States.

Barth, A., Alvera Azcarate, A., & Weisberg, R. H. (2007). Assimilation of High-Frequency Radar Currents in a Nested Model of the West Florida Shelf [Paper presentation]. AGU fall meeting, San Francisco, United States.

Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., Virmani, J. I., & Weisberg, R. H. (2007). A Nested Model of the Cariaco Basin: Study of the Hydrography and Interactions with the Open Ocean [Paper presentation]. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2007, San Francisco, United States.

Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., & Weiberg, R. H. (2007). A nested hydrodynamic model of the Cariaco Basin (Venezuela): study of the basin interactions with the Caribbean Sea [Paper presentation]. Gordon Research Conference, 2007. Coastal Ocean Modeling, New London, United States.

Barth, A., Alvera Azcarate, A., & Weisberg, R. H. (2007). A West Florida Shelf ROMS Nested into HYCOM: Ensemble-based Assimilation of HF-Radar Surface Currents and a 2005 Red Tide Case Study with Simulated Drifters [Paper presentation]. AGU Joint Assembly 2007, Acapulco, Mexico.

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. Journal of Geophysical Research. Oceans, 112 (C3), 03008. doi:10.1029/2006JC003660
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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 [Paper presentation]. Young Scientists' Day, 2007, Brugge, Belgium.

Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., Virmani, J. I., & Weisberg, R. H. (2007). IAS Mesoscale Surface Circulation Observed Through Satellite Altimetry and its Influence in a Small Scale, Coastal Domain, Studied with a ROMS Model of the Cariaco Basin [Paper presentation]. American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2007, Acapulco, Mexico.

Barth, A., Beckers, J.-M., Alvera Azcarate, A., & Weisberg, R. (2007). Filtering inertia-gravity waves from the initial conditions of the linear shallow water equations. Ocean Modelling, 19 (3-4), 204-218. doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2007.06.007
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Vandenbulcke, L., Barth, A., Rixen, M., Alvera Azcarate, A., Ben Bouallegue, Z., & Beckers, J.-M. (31 October 2006). Study of the combined effects of data assimilation and grid nesting in ocean models – application to the Gulf of Lions. Ocean Science, 2, 213-222. doi:10.5194/os-2-213-2006
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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. doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2006.02.003
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Beckers, J.-M., Barth, A., & Alvera Azcarate, A. (2006). DINEOF reconstruction of clouded images including error maps. Application to the Sea-Surface Temperature around Corsican Island. Ocean Science, 2, 183-199. doi:10.5194/os-2-183-2006
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Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., Helber, R. W., He, R., & Weisberg, R. H. (2006). Mapped fields of surface geostrophic currents based on altimetry, and fields of sea surface winds, cloud-free sea surface temperature and chlorophyll concentration using monovariate OI and a multivariate EOF technique [Paper presentation]. Ocean Sciences 2006, Honolulu, United States - Hawaii.

Barth, A., Alvera Azcarate, A., Zheng, L., & Weisberg, R. H. (2006). A nested West Florida Shelf hydrodynamic model. Application to the 2005 red tide [Paper presentation]. State of the Research on Red Tide in the Gulf of Mexico, Sarasota, Florida, United States.

Beckers, J.-M., Alvera Azcarate, A., & Barth, A. (2006). Multi-scale forecast verification using wavelets [Paper presentation]. Ocean Sciences 2006, Honolulu (Hawaii), United States.

Barth, A., Alvera Azcarate, A., & Weisberg, R. H. (2006). A baroclinic, regional West Florida Shelf model nested in a 1/12 degree North Atlantic HYCOM model, inclusive of tides [Paper presentation]. Ocean Sciences 2006, Honolulu (Hawaii), United States.

Alvera Azcarate, 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. doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2004.08.001
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Barth, A., Alvera Azcarate, A., Rixen, M., & Beckers, J.-M. (2005). Two-way nested model of mesoscale circulation features in the Ligurian Sea. Progress in Oceanography, 66 (2-4), 171-189. doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2004.07.017
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Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., He, R., Helber, R. W., Law, J., & Weisberg, R. H. (2005). Derivation of high-resolution ocean surface fields for regional and coastal models [Paper presentation]. AGU Spring Meeting 2005, New Orleans, United States.

Barth, A., Alvera Azcarate, A., He, R., Helber, R. W., & Weisberg, R. H. (2005). A Hindcast Experiment Nesting a Baroclinic West Florida Shelf Model in the 1/12 degree Operational North Atlantic HYCOM Model [Paper presentation]. AGU Spring meeting 2005, New Orleans, United States.

Alvera Azcarate, A. (2004). Forecast verification of a 3D model of the Mediterranean Sea. Analysis of model results and observations using wavelets and Empirical Orthogonal Functions [Doctoral thesis, ULiège - Université de Liège]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/26274

Ben Bouallegue, Z., Alvera Azcarate, A., & Beckers, J.-M. (September 2004). An error decomposition method: Application to mediterranean sst simulations assessment [Paper presentation]. WGNE/WWRP Joint Working Group on Verification 2004, Montréal (Québec), Canada.

Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., Rixen, M., & Beckers, J.-M. (June 2004). Missing data reconstruction of a SST cloudy data set of the Adriatic Sea using Empirical Orthogonal Functions [Paper presentation]. 37th CIESM Congress, Barcelona, Spain.

Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., Ben Bouallegue, Z., Vandenbulcke, L., Rixen, M., & Beckers, J.-M. (June 2004). Wavelets in the forecast verification of an assimilation experiment in the Ligurian Sea [Paper presentation]. 37th CIESM Congress, Barcelona, Spain.

Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., Ben Bouallegue, Z., Vandenbulcke, L., Rixen, M., & Beckers, J.-M. (May 2004). Forecast Verification of a 3D model of the Ligurian Sea. The use of Discrete Wavelet Transforms in the skill assessment of spatial forecasts [Paper presentation]. International Liège Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics 2004, Liège, Belgium.

Vandenbulcke, L., Barth, A., Ben Bouallegue, Z., Alvera Azcarate, A., Beckers, J.-M., & Rixen, M. (May 2004). Data assimilation in nested-grid models [Paper presentation]. Liège Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics 2004, Liège, Belgium.

Vandenbulcke, L., Barth, A., Alvera Azcarate, A., Ben Bouallegue, Z., Rixen, M., & Beckers, J.-M. (April 2004). A nested-grid model with data assimilation in the Gulf of Lions [Paper presentation]. EGU General Assembly, 2004, Nice, France.

Barth, A., Alvera Azcarate, A., Beckers, J.-M., Rixen, M., Vandenbulcke, L., & Ben Bouallegue, Z. (April 2004). A reduced order data assimilation scheme coupled with a two-way nested model. Application to the Ligurian Sea [Paper presentation]. 1st EGU General Assembly, Nice, France.

Ben Bouallegue, Z., Alvera Azcarate, A., Vandenbulcke, L., Barth, A., Rixen, M., & Beckers, J.-M. (April 2004). Forecast assessment in the mediterranean sea : A structure oriented approach [Paper presentation]. EGU General Assembly 2004, Nice, France.

Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., Rixen, M., & Beckers, J.-M. (April 2004). Forecast verification in the Ligurian Sea. Multiresolution analysis and study of the thermocline [Paper presentation]. EGU General Assembly, Nice, France.

Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., Rixen, M., & Beckers, J.-M. (2004). Study of the impact of satellite data assimilation into a hydrodynamical model of the ligurian sea. Comparison between sst fields and sst satellite-based predicted fields [Paper presentation]. 35th Scientific Assembly of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), Paris, France.

Barth, A., Alvera Azcarate, A., Alvarez, A., & Beckers, J.-M. (2004). Assimilation of Sea Surface Temperature predicted by a satellite-based forecasting system in a doubly nested primitive equation model of the Ligurian Sea [Paper presentation]. 35th Scientific Assembly of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), Paris, France.

Alvera Azcarate, 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 [Paper presentation]. Young Scientists' Day 2004, Brugge, Belgium.

Barth, A., Alvera Azcarate, A., Beckers, J.-M., Rixen, M., Vandenbulcke, L., & Ben Bouallegue, Z. (2004). Data Assimilation in a two-way nested model of the Ligurian Sea [Paper presentation]. CIESM 2004, Barcelona, Spain.

Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., Ben Bouallegue, Z., Vandenbulcke, L., Rixen, M., & Beckers, J.-M. (2004). Field forecast verifi cation in the Mediterranean Sea. Discrete wavelet transforms of an assimilation experiment in a two-way nested model of the Ligurian Sea [Paper presentation]. 2004. Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium.

Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., Rixen, M., & Beckers, J.-M. (2004). Recovering missing data in satellite images. An application to adriatic sst and comparison with in situ data [Paper presentation]. 35th Scienti c Assembly of the Committee on Space Research, COSPAR, Paris, France.

Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., Rixen, M., & Beckers, J.-M. (2004). Reconstruction of missing data in geophysical fields. resolution of moving patterns [Paper presentation]. EGU General Assembly 2004, Nice, France.

Ben Bouallegue, Z., Alvera Azcarate, A., Vandenbulcke, L., Barth, A., & Beckers, J.-M. (2004). A system evolution decomposition method: Application to the assessment of an operational forecasting system [Paper presentation]. Liège Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics 2004, Liège, Belgium.

Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., Rixen, M., & Beckers, J.-M. (2004). Gappy data in oceanographic data sets. reconstruction of sst avhrr cloudy images of the adriatic sea [Paper presentation]. 2004 Liège Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics, Liège, Belgium.

Vandenbulcke, L., Barth, A., Ben Bouallegue, Z., Alvera Azcarate, A., Beckers, J.-M., & Rixen, M. (2004). Data Assimilation in a Nested Model of the Gulf of Lions [Paper presentation]. Young Scientists' Day 2004, Brugge, Belgium.

Barth, A., Alvera Azcarate, A., Rixen, M., Beckers, J.-M., Testud, C. E., Brankart, J. M., & Brasseur, P. (April 2003). Assimilation of Sea Surface Temperature in a doubly, two-way nested primitive equation model of the Ligurian Sea [Paper presentation]. EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly 2003, Nice, France.

Rixen, M., Allen, J., Pollard, R., Beckers, J.-M., Alvera Azcarate, A., & Barth, A. (April 2003). Along or across front ocean survey strategy? an operational example at an unstable front and the impact on the estimation of quasi-geostrophic vertical velocities and temperature fluxes [Paper presentation]. EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly 2003, Nice, France.

Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., Rixen, M., & Beckers, J.-M. (April 2003). Forecast verification using skill scores and wavelets. Application to a two-way nested primitive equation model of the Ligurian Sea [Paper presentation]. EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Nice, France.

Beckers, J.-M., Alvera Azcarate, A., Barth, A., & Rixen, M. (April 2003). Self consistent and computationally efficient EOF calculation from incomplete oceanographic data sets [Paper presentation]. EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly 2003, Nice, France.

Alvera Azcarate, A., Ferreira, J., & Nunes, J. (2003). Modelling eutrophication in mesotidal and macrotidal estuaries. The role of intertidal seaweeds. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 57, 715-724. doi:10.1016/S0272-7714(02)00413-4
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Barth, A., Alvera Azcarate, A., Rixen, M., Beckers, J.-M., Testud, C. E., Brankart, J. M., & Brasseur, P. (2003). Forecasting Skill Assessment of a Doubly, Two-Way Nested Model of the Ligurian Sea driven by Assimilation of Sea Surface Temperature [Paper presentation]. 23th General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, Sapporo, Japan.

Alvera Azcarate, A., Ferreira, J. G., & Nunes, J. P. (April 2002). Modelling macroalgae productivity in an estuary. a biorremediation to nutrient discharges in the ecosystems [Paper presentation]. EGS XXVII General Assembly, Nice, France.

Barth, A., Rixen, M., Alvera Azcarate, A., & Beckers, J.-M. (April 2002). Two-ways, doubly nested primitive equation model of the Ligurian Sea [Paper presentation]. 27 th EGS General Assembly, Nice, France.

Herrera-Melián, J. A., Doña-Rodríguez, J. M., Tello Rendón, E., Soler Vila, A., Brunet Quetglas, M., Alvera Azcarate, A., & Pascual Pariente, L. (2001). Solar Photocatalytic Destruction of p-Nitrophenol: A Pedagogical Use of Lab Wastes. Journal of Chemical Education, 78 (6), 775-777. doi:10.1021/ed078p775
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