Mediterranean Sea, Western Basin

(Au large de Nice et Golfe de La Napoule)

Port of departure : Toulon (France)

Port of return : Toulon (France)

RECHERCHES ET DÉVELOPPEMENTS TECHNOLOGIQUES

Centre Ifremer Bretagne

ZI Pointe du Diable

29280 Plouzané

+33(0) 2 98 22 41 41

https://rd-technologiques.ifremer.fr/

• TECHNOLOGY

• -11/03/01: Installation on board, various tests, departure at the end of the evening.
  -12/03/01 : MATS Modem tilting test with the 53 kHz ERAMER transducer at various submersions with different modulations and different transmission rates, with and without error correcting coding; Evaluation of the error rates.
  -12/03/01: Bottom of about 2000 m; 15 to 30 sec steps between 500 and 1500 m; Then tests of the 12 kHz version of the modem; Route to the Gulf of Napoule due to weather conditions.
  -13/03/01: Autonomous anchoring of the 12 kHz modem at 500 m; Test at different speeds and ranges (up to 2500 m).
  -14/03/01 : Autonomous anchorage of the modem in 12 kHz by 500m version; Test at different speeds and ranges (up to 1200 m).