PROTEVSMED_2017_LEG1

Type Oceanographic cruise
Set This cruise is part of the set PROTEVS MEDITERRANEE
Ship L'Atalante
Ship owner Ifremer
Dates 27/01/2017 - 07/02/2017
Chief scientist(s) DUMAS Franck

SERVICE HYDROGRAPHIQUE ET OCEANOGRAPHIQUE DE LA MARINE

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DOI 10.17183/PROTEVSMED_2017_LEG1
Objective

The Protevs Med 2017 campaign aimed to explore the area of the northern Balearic front and the southern edge of the convection area of the north western basin at the end of winter when convection events are most likely. Sampling to target small mesoscale structures detectable by altimetry but also even smaller structures that did not sign on altimetry.

A particular focus was placed on an anticyclonic structure in the southern Balearic Islands that is systematically detectable by altimetry but which appears to be an artifact.

Finally, the edge of the Catalan shelf was explored at high resolution.

 

Published data

Dumas Franck, Garreau Pierre, Louazel Stephanie, Correard Stephanie, Fercoq Solenn, Le Menn Marc, Serpette Alain, Garnier Valerie, Stegner Alexandre, Le Vu Briac, Doglioli Andrea, Gregori Gerald (2018). PROTEVS-MED field experiments: Very High Resolution Hydrographic Surveys in the Western Mediterranean Sea. https://doi.org/10.17882/62352


Data managed by SISMER

Bibliography

Publications

Garreau PierreORCID, Dumas Franck, Louazel Stephanie, Correard Stéphanie, Fercocq Solenn, Le Menn Marc, Serpette Alain, Garnier ValerieORCID, Stegner Alexandre, Le Vu Briac, Doglioli Andrea, Gregori Gerald (2020). PROTEVS-MED field experiments: very high resolution hydrographic surveys in the Western Mediterranean Sea. Earth System Science Data, 12(1), 441-456. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-441-2020 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00611/72277/