Dr. Pierre Yves LE TRAON
Scientific Director Mercator Ocean International
ZI de la Pointe du Diable- CS 10070
Ifremer Centre Bretagne
29280 Plouzané
France
P.Y.
Le Traon is the scientific director of Mercator Ocean International and research director at Ifremer. His areas of expertise
include in-situ and satellite ocean observing systems, ocean modelling and
forecasting and operational oceanography.
P.Y. Le Traon has been and is a member of the steering and advisory
committees of several international programmes related to ocean observation, ocean
prediction and applications (e.g. GOOS, EOOS, Argo, GODAE/OceanPredict, GEO
Blue Planet).