VACLAN

Name: VACLAN
Start: 2005-08-20
End: 2005-09-11
Location: North Atlantic Ocean

Type	Oceanographic cruise
Ship	Thalassa
Ship owner	Ifremer
Dates	20/08/2005 - 11/09/2005
Chief scientist(s)	GONZALEZ Nicolas, LAVIN Alicia
	INSTITUTO ESPANOL DE OCEANOGRAFIA (A CORUNA) Centro Oceanografico de A Coruna Muelle de Aninas s/n 15001 A CORUNA +34 981 205362 ieo.coruna@co.ieo.es
DOI	10.17600/5040060
Objective	Seasonal survey to study thermohaline and biological characterization of water masses in the East-North Atlantic.

Sea/Ocean

North Atlantic Ocean

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Ports

Port of departure : Vigo (Spain)

Port of return : Concarneau (France)

Scientific Authority

INSTITUTO ESPANOL DE OCEANOGRAFIA (A CORUNA)

Centro Oceanografico de A Coruna

Muelle de Aninas s/n

15001 A CORUNA

+34 981 205362

ieo.coruna@co.ieo.es

Participating bodie(s)

IEO-A Coruña,CSIC Vigo,IEO Gijón

Discipline(s)

CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY

Code	Label	Quantity	PI
B06	Dissolved organic matter (inc DOC) DOM samples for Stable Isotopes analysis	-	GONZALEZ Nicolas
B08	Phytoplankton Picoplankton samples for epifluorescence analisys	-	GONZALEZ Nicolas
D01	Current meters Aandera current meter at 340, 990 and 1790 m	-	GONZALEZ Nicolas
D71	Current profiler (eg ADCP) LADCP and ADCP sampler	-	GONZALEZ Nicolas
G73	Single-beam echosounding	-	GONZALEZ Nicolas
H09	Water bottle stations Oxigen, salinity and nutrient analysis	-	GONZALEZ Nicolas
H10	CTD stations Range of sampling depths 52-4849 m	-	GONZALEZ Nicolas
H27	Alkalinity Alkalinity	-	GONZALEZ Nicolas
H28	pH Ph	-	GONZALEZ Nicolas
H71	Surface measurements underway (T,S) Thermosalinomètre	-	GONZALEZ Nicolas
H74	Carbon dioxide Disolved CO2	-	GONZALEZ Nicolas
M06	Routine standard measurements Centrale vent et météo	-	GONZALEZ Nicolas
M71	Atmospheric chemistry Atmospheric CO2	-	GONZALEZ Nicolas

Summary of measurements

-Three Aandera current meters deployed to 340, 1040 and 1840 meters (42 59.35 N, 10 58.22 W).
-Three Aandera current meters deployed to 620, 1170 and 1870 meters (43 48.69 N, 03 46.0 W).
-CTD and Bottles.
-ADCP.

Location map

Positionning system

Geodetic system : WORLD GEODETIC SYSTEM 1984 = WGS84

Positioning system : GPS naturel

Joint document(s)

Compte-rendu du traitement des ADCP de la THALASSA 2005

Data managed by SISMER

METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS - FRENCH OCEANOGRAPHIC CRUISES (1 File)
File	Mission	Processing level	Size	Format
Restricted access VAC05.met		RAW DATA	28 MB	METEO .met

NATIONAL BANK OF RAW BATHYMETRY : SINGLE-BEAM ECHOSOUNDING (1 File)
File	Mission	Processing level	Size	Format
Restricted access VAC05.son		RAW DATA	2 MB	BATHY.VERTICALE .SON

NAVIGATION - FRENCH OCEANOGRAPHIC CRUISES (1 File)
File	Mission	Processing level	Size	Format
Open access VAC05.nvi		CONTROLLED DATA	5 MB	NetCDF CF

UNDERWAY CURRENT MESASUREMENTS BY VM-ADCP (3 Files)
File	Processing level	Size	Format
Open access 5040060_98599-2_NB75_figures.tar	CONTROLLED DATA	334 KB	TAR
Open access 5040060_98599-4_NB75_1E_fhv1.nc	CONTROLLED DATA	76 MB	NETCDF OceanSite
Open access 5040060_102907-3_NB75_0_osite.nc	RAW DATA	76 MB	NETCDF OceanSite

UNDERWAY SEA SURFACE SALINITY FROM THERMOSALINOMETER (1 File)
File	Mission	Processing level	Size	Format
Open access VAC05.sal		RAW DATA	27 MB	THERMOSALINOMETRE

WIND STATION (ATALANTE) (1 File)
File	Mission	Processing level	Size	Format
Restricted access VAC05.ven		RAW DATA	18 MB	CENTRALE VENT .ven

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Bibliography

Publications

Prieto E., Gonzalez-Pola C., Lavin A., Sanchez Ricardo, Ruiz-Villarreal Manuel (2013). Seasonality of intermediate waters hydrography west of the Iberian Peninsula from an 8 yr semiannual time series of an oceanographic section. Ocean Science, 9(2), 411-429. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.5194/os-9-411-2013 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00186/29688/

Thesis using campaign data

Assassi Charefeddine (2015). Variabilité interannuelle et analyse de la turbulence géostrophique dans le golfe de Gascogne à partir de simulations. PhD Thesis, Université Européenne de Bretagne.