PIRATA FR28

Type Oceanographic cruise
Set This cruise is part of the set PIRATA
Ship Thalassa
Ship owner Ifremer
Dates 27/02/2018 - 05/04/2018
Chief scientist(s) BOURLES Bernard

IRD CENTRE DE BRETAGNE

IFREMER Centre de Bretagne

ZI Pointe du diable

CS10070

29280 PLOUZANE

+33 (0)2 98.22.45.01

http://www.brest.ird.fr/
DOI 10.17600/18000404
Objective

This is part of the general international PIRATA programme. As the 28th French cruise of this type, it is called PIRATA-FR28.

The cruise's initial objectives were to:

  • Replace 6 Pirata met-ocean buoys located in the Gulf of Guinea, including 3 ATLAS and 3 new T-FLEX systems.
  • Deploy an ADCP mooring at 0°E -0 °N.
  • Replace CO2 sensors on buoys at 6°S-10°W and 8°E-6°S.
  • Perform CTD-O2/LADCP hydrological legs (10°W, 0°E, 6°S).
  • Deploy 23 SVP B drifting buoys.
  • Deploy 5 ARVOR profiling floats with dual programming, 2 of which are Deep-Argo floats.
  • Seawater samples taken for analyses (S, O2, CO2, nutrients, pigments).
  • Heat profiles performed with XBT probes.

And, in addition to usual, recurrent PIRATA tasks:

  • Replace 10 Xpod turbulence sensors on 2 buoys (23°W and 10°W - 0°N).
  • Replace OTN acoustic receivers on all met-ocean buoys.
  • Continuous (vertical and lateral) acoustic measurements.

Published data

Bourles Bernard, Rousselot Pierre, Grelet Jacques, Marin Frederic, Roubaud Fabrice, Bachelier Celine, Gouriou Yves, Llido Jerome (2023). French PIRATA cruises: LADCP data (and processing protocol). https://doi.org/10.17882/71295


Bourles Bernard, Baurand Francois, Hillion Sandrine, Rousselot Pierre, Grelet Jacques, Bachelier Celine, Roubaud Fabrice, Gouriou Yves, Chuchla Remy, Cariou Thierry, Llido Jerome (2023). French PIRATA cruises: CHEMICAL ANALYSIS data. https://doi.org/10.17882/58141


Data managed by SISMER