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Map of the NW Mediterranean Sea showing the location of the ANTARES, LION and Lacaze-Duthiers Canyon (LDC) sites (a) as well as the extension of open-sea convection area in the Gulf of Lion and beyond from 2008 to 2010 (b–d).

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The boundaries of the convection area in winter 2008 (red in b), 2009 (blue in c) and 2010 (green in d) are derived from MODIS-Aqua satellite-based surface Chlorophyll-a concentration images. The limits of the convection area for each of the three successive winters correspond to their maximum extents during periods of deep water formation measured at the LION site (see Text S1 and Fig. S5). Black arrows indicate the direction of the two main continental winds leading to the cooling and subsequent sinking of surface waters: Mistral (M) and Tramontane (T). The grey arrow indicates the path of the cyclonic surface mesoscale Northern Current bordering the open-sea convection region.