DISPRO 12

Type Oceanographic cruise
Set This cruise is part of the set DISPRO
Ship Côtes De La Manche
Ship owner CNRS until 2019 - IFREMER since 2020
Dates 08/08/2003 - 12/08/2003
Chief scientist(s) BAILLY DU BOIS Pascal ORCID

INSTITUT NAT. DES SCIENCES ET TECHNIQUES DE LA MER INTECHMER

Digue de Collignon

50110 Tourlaville

+33(0)2 33.20.37.65

https://www.intechmer.cnam.fr/
DOI 10.17600/3480140
Objective The DISPRO cruises enabled the validation of near-field dispersion models by checking how representative simulated currents were in terms of direction and velocity and by adjusting the short and medium term (from an hour to a week) dispersion parameters. Tritium is used as a tracer for an occasion discharge with known characteristics, in an area with intense hydrodynamic conditions (in the Raz Blanchard race off the Cotentin peninsula, with currents reaching 5 m/s), taking a large number of measurements (several thousand) in the discharge plume. These surveys are carried out in close association with the validation of a specific hydrodynamic instantaneous current model for this zone developed by IFREMER/DEL/AO (mesh size 100 meters).

Bibliography

Publications

Fievet Bruno, Pommier Julien, Voiseux Claire, Bailly Du Bois Pascal, Laguionie Philippe, Cossonnet Catherine, Solier Luc (2013). Transfer of Tritium Released into the Marine Environment by French Nuclear Facilities Bordering the English Channel. Environmental Science & Technology, 47(12), 6696-6703. https://doi.org/10.1021/es400896t


Bailly Du Bois P., Dumas Franck, Solier L., Voiseux C. (2012). In-situ database toolbox for short-term dispersion model validation in macro-tidal seas, application for 2D-model. Continental Shelf Research, 36, 63-82. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2012.01.011 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00077/18775/