SPECIMED 2012 - MVP3

Name: SPECIMED 2012 - MVP3
Start: 2012-08-21
End: 2012-08-25
Location: Mediterranean Sea, Western Basin

Type	Oceanographic cruise
Ship	Téthys II
Ship owner	CNRS until 2019 - IFREMER since 2020
Dates	21/08/2012 - 25/08/2012
Chief scientist(s)	QUEGUINER Bernard
	INSTITUT MÉDITERRANÉEN D'OCÉANOLOGIE - UMR 7294 UMR IRD 235 - MARSEILLE 163 avenue de Luminy Bâtiment Méditerranée 13288 Marseille Cedex 9 +33(0)4 86 09 05 00 https://www.mio.osupytheas.fr/fr/linstitut-mediterraneen-doceanologie/presentation-2/
DOI	10.17600/12450110
Objective	The SPECIMED-MVP cruises' scientific objective is to map in 4 seasons physical, chemical and biological parameters using a Moving Vessel Profiler 200 (MVP) and its sensors (LOPC, CTD, fluorimeter) along strategic legs in the Gulf of Lion, the North Current and the Central gyre. The proposed strategy relies on implementing quasi-synoptic observations of biogeochemical variables which are representative of distributions of phyto- and zooplankton, and 3D numerical models on the scale of the study area to enable spatialized interpretation of the observations. 4 sea outings planned over the year: 9-15 January (12450100), 27 May-2 June (12450100), 21-28 August, 4-10 December (cancelled).

Sea/Ocean

Mediterranean Sea, Western Basin

(Gulf of Lion)

Ports

Port of departure : La Seyne-sur-Mer (France)

Port of return : La Seyne-sur-Mer (France)

Scientific Authority

INSTITUT MÉDITERRANÉEN D'OCÉANOLOGIE - UMR 7294 UMR IRD 235 - MARSEILLE

163 avenue de Luminy

Bâtiment Méditerranée

13288 Marseille Cedex 9

+33(0)4 86 09 05 00

https://www.mio.osupytheas.fr/fr/linstitut-mediterraneen-doceanologie/presentation-2/

Participating bodie(s)

CNRS - DT/INSU

Discipline(s)

PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY

Code	Label	Quantity	PI
B08	Phytoplankton	-	QUEGUINER Bernard
B09	Zooplankton	-	CARLOTTI François
D71	Current profiler (eg ADCP)	-	QUEGUINER Bernard
H09	Water bottle stations	-	QUEGUINER Bernard
H10	CTD stations	-	QUEGUINER Bernard
H11	Subsurface meas. underway (T,S)	-	ROUGIER Gilles
H22	Phosphate	-	QUEGUINER Bernard
H24	Nitrate	-	QUEGUINER Bernard
H26	Silicate	-	QUEGUINER Bernard
H32	Isotopes Hunt	-	QUEGUINER Bernard

Summary of measurements

-Continuous measurements with MVP and fish sensors.
-Continuous ADCP measurements.
-CTD Rosette sampling at station: nutrients, pigments.
-Plankton net sampling at station.

Location map

Bibliography

Publications

Costa Andrea, Doglioli Andrea M., Marsaleix Patrick, Petrenko Anne A. (2017). Comparison of in situ microstructure measurements to different turbulence closure schemes in a 3-D numerical ocean circulation model. Ocean Modelling, 120, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2017.10.002

Ross Oliver N., Fraysse Marion, Pinazo Christel, Pairaud Ivane (2016). Impact of an intrusion by the Northern Current on the biogeochemistry in the eastern Gulf of Lion, NW Mediterranean. Estuarine Coastal And Shelf Science, 170, 1-9. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2015.12.022 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00302/41359/