SARHYGOL 2001
| Type | Oceanographic cruise |
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| Ship | Téthys II |
| Ship owner | CNRS until 2019 - IFREMER since 2020 |
| Dates | 16/02/2001 - 10/11/2001 |
| Chief scientist(s) | PETRENKO Anne |
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 |
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| DOI | 10.17600/1450030 |
| Objective | The SARHYGOL cruises aimed to conduct regular monitoring of the circulation of water masses (current profiles) between 0 and 200 m within the Golf of Lion as well as hydrological (temperature, salinity) and biological (fluorescence, nutrients) conditions of surface waters. XBT probes were regularly launched along the traveled route to provide information on the vertical distribution of water masses and on the stratification structure. Satellite images of the Gulf of Lion region were calibrated on radiometric measurements. This validated the use of remote sensing, between cruises, to continuously assess the variability of natural events in the gulf. These data were to aid in establishing "quasi-synoptic maps" and to provide information on the variability of water masses and their circulation within the whole Golf of Lion as well as on the extent of the influence of the Rhone River or the intrusion of the Liguro-Provençal current on the continental shelf, under different meteorological conditions. The cruise took place over 10 days in the year, divided into 5 2-day cruises, on the following dates: from 16-17 February - from 30 April to 1 May, 14-15 June, 4-5 September and 7-10 November. |
