PROTEVSMED_SWOT_2018_LEG2

Type	Oceanographic cruise
Set	This cruise is part of the set PROTEVS MEDITERRANEE
Ship	Beautemps-Beaupré
Ship owner	Marine Nationale/SHOM
Dates	30/04/2018 - 14/05/2018
Chief scientist(s)	DUMAS Franck
	SERVICE HYDROGRAPHIQUE ET OCEANOGRAPHIQUE DE LA MARINE 13 rue du Chatellier CS 92803 29228 Brest Cedex 2 +33 (0)2 98 22 05 73 webmaster@shom.fr https://www.shom.fr/
DOI	10.17183/protevsmed_swot_2018_leg2
Objective	The Protevs Swot 2018 campaign aimed to explore the South Balearic zone in early spring to observe the small scales of the oceanic mixed layer using high-resolution sampling devices. The area was chosen because it was positioned below the SWOT satellite's planned swath in its validation/calibration period. In this sense, it is a precursor experiment of experiments for the year 2022 and as such exploratory of the scales that will be observable by this newly designed altimetry satellite. 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. These samplings were combined with fine analysis of the surface content of small phytoplankton by flow cytometry to study the shaping of the marine landscape by frontal physical processes.

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

Bibliography

Publications

Tzortzis Roxane, Doglioli Andrea M., Barrillon Stéphanie, Petrenko Anne A., Izard Lloyd, Zhao Yuan, D'Ovidio Francesco, Dumas Franck, Gregori Gérald (2023). The contrasted phytoplankton dynamics across a frontal system in the southwestern Mediterranean Sea. Biogeosciences, 20(16), 3491-3508. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-3491-2023 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00797/90906/

References of Technical Reports

Tzortzis Roxane (2019). Étude de la circulation à sous méso-échelle et ses implications sur la biogéochimie grâce aux mesures de la campagne PROTEVS-SWOT 2018. Rapport de stage.