CV / functions
Positions
Since 2020 : Physicienne-adjointe CNAP (Conseil National des Astronomes et Physiciens) at LEGOS
2008-2019 : Physicienne-adjointe CNAP (Conseil National des Astronomes et Physiciens) at LAERO
Education
2005 : Ph.D in oceanography, University of Toulouse, France
2002 : D.E.A. in marine environmental sciences, University of Aix-Marseille 2, France
2002 : Engineering degree, Ecole Centrale Marseille, France
Research experience
2006-2008 : Postdoc at NIOO (Fellowship Lavoisier), Yerseke, the Netherlands
2005-2006 : Postdoc at Laboratoire d’Aérologie, Toulouse, France
Responsibilities
2023-…: Member of the Conseil National de Astronomes et Physiciens (CNAP)
2022-…: Member of the scientific committee of the Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées
2021-…: Member of the LEGOS committee
2008-…: Coordinator of the national Community Code SIROCCO of the national Research Infrastructure ILICO
Publications
Fabri-Ruiz, S., E. Berdalet, C. Ulses, S. Somot, M. Vila, R. Lemée, J.-O. Irisson, Harmful Ostreopsis cf. ovata blooms could extend in time span with climate change in the Western Mediterranean Sea, Science of The Total Environment, 947, 2024,174726, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174726.
Trinh, N. B., Herrmann, M., Ulses, C., Marsaleix, P., Duhaut, T., To Duy, T., Estournel, C., and Shearman, R. K.: New insights into the South China Sea throughflow and water budget seasonal cycle: evaluation and analysis of a high-resolution configuration of the ocean model SYMPHONIE version 2.4, Geosci. Model Dev., 17, 1831–1867, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-1831-2024, 2024.
Wimart-Rousseau C, Wagener T, Bosse A, Raimbault P, Coppola L, Fourrier M, Ulses C and Lefèvre D (2023) Assessing seasonal and interannual changes in carbonate chemistry across two timeseries sites in the North Western Mediterranean Sea. Front. Mar. Sci. 10:1281003. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1281003
Ulses, C., Estournel, C., Marsaleix, P., Soetaert, K., Fourrier, M., Coppola, L., Lefèvre, D., Touratier, F., Goyet, C., Guglielmi, V., Kessouri, F., Testor, P., and Durrieu de Madron, X. (2023) Seasonal dynamics and annual budget of dissolved inorganic carbon in the northwestern Mediterranean deep-convection region, Biogeosciences, 20, 4683–4710, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-4683-2023.
Habib, J., Ulses, C., Estournel, C., Fakhri, M., Marsaleix, P., Pujo-Pay, M., Fourrier, M., Coppola, L., Mignot, A., Mortier, L., and Conan, P. (2023) Seasonal and interannual variability of the pelagic ecosystem and of the organic carbon budget in the Rhodes Gyre (eastern Mediterranean): influence of winter mixing, Biogeosciences, 20, 3203–3228, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-3203-2023.
Moullec F, Barrier N, Guilhaumon F, Peck MA, Ulses C, Shin YJ (2023) Rebuilding Mediterranean marine resources under climate change. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 708:1-20.htttps://doi.org/10.3354/meps14269
Estournel, C., Mikolajczak, G., Ulses, C., Bourrin, F., Canals, M., Charmasson, S., Doxaran, D., Duhaut, T., Durrieu de Madron, X., Marsaleix, P., Palanques, A., Puig, P., Radakovitch, O., Sanchez-Vidal, A., Verney, R. (2023). Sediment dynamics in the Gulf of Lion (NW Mediterranean Sea) during two autumn–winter periods with contrasting meteorological conditions. Progress in Oceanography , 210 , 102942. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2022.102942.
Many, G., Ulses, C., Estournel, C., & Marsaleix, P. (2021). Particulate organic carbon dynamics in the Gulf of Lion shelf (NW Mediterranean) using a coupled hydrodynamic–biogeochemical model. Biogeosciences, 18(19), 5513-5538.
Estournel, C., Marsaleix, P., Ulses, C. (2021) A new assessment of the circulation of Atlantic and Intermediate Waters in the Eastern Mediterranean, Progress in Oceanography, 198, 102673, ISSN 0079-6611,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2021.102673.
Friedland R, Macias D, Cossarini G, Daewel U, Estournel C, Garcia-Gorriz E, Grizzetti B, Grégoire M, Gustafson B, Kalaroni S, Kerimoglu O, Lazzari P, Lenhart H, Lessin G, Maljutenko I, Miladinova S, Muller-Karulis B, Neumann T, Parn O, Pätsch J, Piroddi C, Raudsepp U, Schrum C, Stegert C, Stips A, Tsiaras K, Ulses C and Vandenbulcke L (2021) Effects of Nutrient Management Scenarios on Marine Eutrophication Indicators: A Pan-European, Multi-Model Assessment in Support of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive. Front. Mar. Sci. 8:596126. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2021.596126
Ulses, C., Estournel, C., Fourrier, M., Coppola, L., Kessouri, F., Lefèvre, D., and Marsaleix, P.: Oxygen budget of the north-western Mediterranean deep- convection region, Biogeosciences, 18, 937–960, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-937-2021, 2021.
Mikolajczak, G., Estournel, C., Ulses, C., Marsaleix, P., Bourrin, F., Martin, J. , Pairaud, I., Puig, P. , Leredde, Y., Many, G. et al. Impact of storms on residence times and export of coastal waters during a mild autumn/winter period in the Gulf of Lion. Continental Shelf Research, 207, 104192, DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2020.104192
Caillibotte, R., Leredde, Y., Vidussi, F., Ulses, C., ; Marsaleix, P., ; Estournel, C., Mostajir, B. (2020) Impact of oysters as top predators on microbial food web dynamics: a modelling approach with parameter optimization. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 641, 79-100, DOI: 10.3354/meps13319
Moullec, F., Velez, L. Verley, P., Barrier N., Ulses C., Carbonara P. Esteban A., Follesa M. Gristina M., Jadaud A., Ligas A., Diaz E., Maiorano P., Peristeraki P., Spedicato M.T., Thasitis I., Valls M., Guilhaumon F., Shin Y.-J. (2019). Capturing the big picture of Mediterranean marine biodiversity with an end-to-end model of climate and fishing impacts. Progress in Oceanography. 102179. 10.1016/j.pocean.2019.102179.
Moullec F., Barrier N., Drira S., Guilhaumon F., Marsaleix P., Somot S., Ulses C., Velez L., Shin Y.-J., 2019. An End-to-End Model Reveals Losers and Winners in a Warming Mediterranean Sea, Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, 345, 10.3389/fmars.2019.00345
Auclair, F., Bordois, L., Dossmann, Y., Duhaut, T., Paci, A., Ulses, C., Nguyen, C., 2018. A non-hydrostatic non-Boussinesq algorithm for free-surface ocean modelling. Ocean Modelling, 132, 12–29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2018.07.011
Kessouri, F., Ulses, C., Estournel, C., Marsaleix, P., D’Ortenzio, F., Severin, T., et al. (2018). Vertical mixing effects on phytoplankton dynamics and organic carbon export in the western Mediterranean Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123. https://doi.org/10.1002/ 2016JC012669
Kessouri, Fayçal, Caroline Ulses, Claude Estournel, Patrick Marsaleix, Tatiana Severin, Mireille Pujo-Pay, Jocelyne Caparros, Patrick Raimbault , Orens Pasqueron de Fommervault, Fabrizio D’Ortenzio, Vincent Taillandier, Pierre Testor, Pascal Conan, 2017. Nitrogen and phosphorus budgets in the Northwestern Mediterranean deep convection region. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016JC012665
Severin, T., Kessouri, F., Rembauville, M., Denisse, E., Sánchez-Pérez, Oriol, L., Caparros, J., Pujo-Pay, M., Ghiglione, J-F, D’Ortenzio, F., Taillandier, V., Mayot, N., Durrieu De Madron, X., Ulses, C., Estournel, C., Conan, P., (2017), Open-ocean convection process: A driver of the winter nutrient supply and the spring phytoplankton distribution in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea, Journal of Geophysical Research, 122, 4602–4633, doi:10.1002/2016JC012664.
Herrmann, M., P.-A. Auger, C. Ulses, and C. Estournel (2017), Long-term monitoring of ocean deep convection using multisensors altimetry and ocean color satellite data, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 122, 1457–1475, doi:10.1002/2016JC011833. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016JC011833
Ulses C., Auger P.-A., Soetaert K., Marsaleix P., Diaz F., Coppola L., Herrmann M., Kessouri F., Estournel C., 2016, Budget of organic carbon in the North-Western Mediterranean Open Sea over the period 2004–2008 using 3-D coupled physical-biogeochemical modeling, Journal of Geophysical Research. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016JC011818
Estournel C., Testor P., Damien P, D’Ortenzio F., Marsaleix P., Conan P., Kessouri F., Durrieu de Madron X., Coppola L., Lellouche J.-M., Belamari S., Mortier L., Ulses C., Bouin M.-N., Prieur L. 2016. High resolution modeling of dense water formation in the north-western Mediterranean during winter 2012–2013: Processes and budget. Journal of Geophysical Research. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016JC011935
Ulses C., Auger P.-A., Soetaert K., Marsaleix P., Diaz F., Coppola L., Herrmann M., Kessouri F., Estournel C., 2016, Budget of organic carbon in the North-Western Mediterranean Open Sea over the period 2004–2008 using 3-D coupled physical-biogeochemical modeling, Journal of Geophysical Research. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016JC011818
Estournel C., Testor P., Damien P, D’Ortenzio F., Marsaleix P., Conan P., Kessouri F., Durrieu de Madron X., Coppola L., Lellouche J.-M., Belamari S., Mortier L., Ulses C., Bouin M.-N., Prieur L. 2016. High resolution modeling of dense water formation in the north-western Mediterranean during winter 2012–2013: Processes and budget. Journal of Geophysical Research. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016JC011935
Brosset, P, Menard, F., Fromentin, JM, Bonhommeau, S, Ulses, C, Bourdeix, JH,Bigot, JL, Van Beveren, E ,Roos, D, Saraux, C, 2015. Influence of environmental variability and age on the body condition of small pelagic fish in the Gulf of Lions, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 529, 219.
Auger P.A., Ulses C., Estournel C., Stemman L., Somot S., Diaz F. Interannual control of plankton communities by deep winter mixing and prey/predator interactions in the NW Mediterranean: results from a 30-year 3D modeling study Progress in Oceanography 124 (2014) 12-27
F. Auclair, L. Bordois, Y. Dossmann, T. Duhaut, C. Estournel, J.W. Floor, P. Marsaleix, C. Nguyen, A. Paci, C. Ulses, Implementation of a time-dependent bathymetry in a free-surface ocean model: Application to internal wave generation, Ocean Modelling,80,2014,1-9,1463-5003, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2014.03.002.
Herrmann M., Diaz F., Estournel C., Marsaleix P., Ulses C., 2013. Impact of atmospheric and oceanic interannual variability on the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea pelagic planktonic ecosystem and associated carbon cycle. Journal of Geophysical Research, 118, 1–22, doi:10.1002/jgrc.20405 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgrc.20405
Estournel, C., E. Bosc, M. Bocquet, C. Ulses, P. Marsaleix, V. Winiarek, I. Osvath, C. Nguyen, T. Duhaut, F. Lyard, H. Michaud, and F. Auclair, 2012. Assessment of the amount of Cesium-137 released into the Pacific Ocean after the Fukushima accident and analysis of its dispersion in Japanese coastal waters. 117, C11014, Journal of Geophysical Research, 117, C11014, doi:10.1029/2012JC007933
Banks A. C., Prunet P., Chimot J., Pina P., Donnadille J., Jeansou E., Lux M., Petihakis G., Korres G., Triantafyllou G., Fontana C., Estournel C., Ulses C., Fernandez L., 2012. A satellite ocean color observation operator system for eutrophication assessment in coastal waters. Journal of Marine Systems, 94, S2-S15
Marsaleix P., Auclair F., Estournel C., Nguyen C., Ulses C., 2012. Alternatives to the Robert-Asselin filter. Ocean Modelling, 41, 53-66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2011.11.002
Pastor, L., Cathalot, C., Deflandre, B., Viollier, E., Soetaert, K., Meysman, F. J. R., Ulses, C., Metzger, E., and Rabouille, C.: Modeling biogeochemical processes in sediments from the Rhône River prodelta area (NW Mediterranean Sea), Biogeosciences, 8, 1351–1366, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-8-1351-2011, 2011.
Group Mermex, T. M., de Madron, X. D., Guieu, C., Sempéré, R., Conan, P., Cossa, D., … & Verney, R. (2011). Marine ecosystems’ responses to climatic and anthropogenic forcings in the Mediterranean. Progress in Oceanography , 91 (2), 97-166.
Marsaleix P., Auclair F., Estournel C., Nguyen C., Ulses C., 2011. An accurate implementation of the compressibility terms in the equation of state in a low order pressure gradient scheme for sigma coordinate ocean models. Ocean Modelling, 40, 1-13 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2011.07.004
Gerigny O., Di Martino B., Romano J.-C., Ulses C., 2011. A one-year (2005) comparison of seawater temperature series between in situ and modelling data: Application to the Strait of Bonifacio (South Corsica) Comptes Rendus Geoscience, 343, pp 278-283, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crte.2011.01.002
Auger P.A., Diaz F., Ulses C., Estournel C., Neveux J., Joux F., Pujo-Pay M., and J. J. Naudin J.J., 2011. Functioning of the planktonic ecosystem of the Rhone River plume (NW Mediterranean) during spring and its impact on the carbon export: a field data and 3-D modelling combined approach. Biogeosciences, 8, 3231-3261. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-8-3231-2011
Marsaleix P., Ulses C., Pairaud I., Herrmann M. J., Floor J. W., Estournel C., Auclair F., 2009. Open boundary conditions for internal gravity wave modelling using polarization relations. Ocean Modelling, 29, 27-42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2009.02.010
Marsaleix P., Auclair F., Floor J. W., Herrmann M. J., Estournel C., Pairaud I., Ulses C., 2008. Energy conservation issues in sigma-coordinate free-surface ocean models. Ocean Modelling. 20, 61-89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2007.07.005
Ulses, C., C. Estournel, P. Puig, X. Durrieu de Madron, and P. Marsaleix, 2008, Dense shelf water cascading in the northwestern Mediterranean during the cold winter 2005. Quantification of the export through the Gulf of Lion and the Catalan margin. Geophysical Research Letters 35, L07610 doi:10.1029/2008GL033257
Ulses, C., C. Estournel, J. Bonnin, X. Durrieu de Madron, and P. Marsaleix 2008. Impact of storms and dense water cascading on shelf-slope exchanges in the Gulf of Lion (NW Mediterranean). Journal of Geophysical Research 113, C02010, doi:10.1029/2006JC003795
Ulses C., C. Estournel, X. Durrieu de Madron and A. Palanques, 2008, Suspended sediment transport in the Gulf of Lions (NW Mediterranean): Impact of extreme storms and floods. Continental shelf research, 28, 2048-2070 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2008.01.015
Ferré B., Durrieu de Madron X., Estournel C., Ulses C., Le Corre G., 2008. Impact of natural (waves and currents) and anthropogenic (trawl) resuspension on the export of particulate matter to the open ocean. Application to the Gulf of Lion (NW Mediterranean). Continental Shelf Research, 28, 2071-2091 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2008.02.002
Bourrin F., Friend P.L., Amos C.L., Manca E., Ulses C., Palanques A., Durrieu de Madron X., Thompson C.E.L., 2008. Sediment dispersal from a typical Mediterranean flood: The Têt River, Gulf of Lions. Continental Shelf Research, 28, 1895-1910 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2008.06.005
Gatti J., Petrenko A., Devenon J.L., Leredde Y, Ulses C., 2006. The Rhone river dilution zone present in the northeastern shelf of the Gulf of Lion in December 2003. Continental Shelf Research, 26, 1794-1805. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2006.05.012
1.Ulses C., Grenz C., Marsaleix P., Schaaff E., Estournel C., Meulé S., and Pinazo C., 2005 Circulation in a semi enclosed bay under the influence of strong fresh water input, Journal of Marine Systems, 56, 113-132 doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2005.02.001
Projects
Research projects
Contributor to european (EUROSTRATAFORM (FP5), HERMIONE (FP6), SESAME (FP6), PERSEUS (FP7), JERICO-Next, MEME) and national projects (ANR CHACRA, EXTREMA, AMORAD, RTRA Crue-SIM, LEFE-EC2CO CHIFRE, EC2CO DeltaRhone, Copernicus AMICO-Next, MERMEX (chantier MISTRALS))
Co-workpackage leader in the national PPR Riomar (2022-2028) and the IRD international joint laboratory LOTUS (2018-2026)
