VT 117 / OISO-20
Type | Oceanographic cruise |
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Set | This cruise is part of the set OISO - OCÉAN INDIEN SERVICE D'OBSERVATION |
Ship | Marion Dufresne |
Ship owner | TAAF |
Dates | 09/10/2011 - 29/11/2011 |
Chief scientist(s) | METZL Nicolas , LO MONACO Claire |
LABORATOIRE D'OCÉANOGRAPHIE ET DU CLIMAT : EXPÉRIMENTATIONS ET APPROCHES NUMÉRIQUES - UMR 7159 Institut Pierre Simon Laplace Boîte 100 4 place Jussieu 75005 Paris +33 (1) 44 27 32 48 |
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DOI | 10.17600/11200070 |
Objective | The S.O. OISO (Indian Ocean observation service) aims to study the variability over time and space of air-sea exchanges of CO2 and the invasion of anthropogenic CO2 in the ocean in subtropical, sub-Antarctic and Southern Ocean zones. The OISO observations acquired aboard RV Marion-Dufresne (IPEV) since 1998 complement the measurements taken in other ocean sectors by French (MINERVE aboard RV L'Astrolabe) and foreign (http://www.ioccp.org/Underway/New_GlobalUWMap.html) partners. These observations are crucial for assessing carbon budgets on a global scale (Kyoto protocol framework) and to parameterize, then validate, predictive climate models (IPCC framework). The VT 117/OISO-20 cruise was associated with the MD 188/KEOPS 2 mission (head scientist: B. QUEGUINER, project manager: S. BLAIN), aiming to study the effect of natural fertilization by iron on the CO2 cycles in the waters of the Kerguelen Plateau. The related programmes are: international programmes: WCRP/CLIVAR, IGBP/SOLAS, IGBP/IMBER and FP7-CARBOCHANGE, National programs: LEFE/CyBER. |