Biography
I currently work at the Laboratory of Physical and Spatial Oceanography (LOPS), within the Institut Français de Recherche pour l’Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER). I do research in dynamical and descriptive physical Oceanography, with an observational focus on global ocean heat uptake, and on the mechanisms shaping the large-scale circulation and heat content of the North Atlantic Ocean.
Interests
- Ocean’s role in Climate
- Ocean heat uptake
- North Atlantic dynamics
- Global ocean observing systems
Education
PhD in Physical Oceanogrpahy, 2013
Université de Bretagne Occidentale (Brest, France)
Ongoing Projects
Recent Publications
Observing the full ocean volume using Deep Argo floats
The ocean is the main heat reservoir in Earth’s climate system, absorbing most of the top-of-the-atmosphere excess radiation. As the …
Buoyancy forcing and the subpolar Atlantic meridional overturning circulation
The North Atlantic meridional overturning circulation and its variability are examined in terms of the overturning in density space and …
Observed mechanisms activating the recent subpolar North Atlantic Warming since 2016
The overturning circulation of the subpolar North Atlantic (SPNA) plays a fundamental role in Earth’s climate variability and change. …
Heat stored in the Earth system 1960–2020: where does the energy go?
The Earth climate system is out of energy balance, and heat has accumulated continuously over the past decades, warming the ocean, the …
Contact
- damien.desbruyeres@ifremer.fr
- Laboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Spatiale - IFREMER - Centre Bretagne
29280 Plouzané