PIRATA-FR16
Type | Oceanographic cruise |
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Set | This cruise is part of the set PIRATA |
Ship | Antea |
Ship owner | IRD |
Dates | 19/05/2007 - 03/06/2007 |
Chief scientist(s) | GRELET Jacques |
IRD CENTRE DE BRETAGNE IFREMER Centre de Bretagne ZI Pointe du diable CS10070 29280 PLOUZANE +33 (0)2 98.22.45.01 |
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DOI | 10.17600/7110030 |
Objective | This is part of the general international PIRATA programme. It was the 16th French cruise of the same type, which is why it is called FR16. The previous PIRATA cruise FR15 took place from May-July 2006, in association with the EGEE 3 cruise. During FR15, 4 buoys in the Gulf of Guinea were replaced and the South-East extension (6°S-8°E) buoy was deployed, along with validation work for EGEE and CORIOLIS (deploying drifting SVP buoys, PROVOR floats and XBT and XCTD probes, and logging of currents, temperature and surface salinity using VM-ADCP instruments and the shipboard TSG). The FR16 cruise will work on the buoys located at 23°W and 10°W along the equator. In fact the other ATLAS buoys from the PIRATA programme located in the Gulf of Guinea will be replaced during the EGEE 5 cruise (associated with PIRATA FR17) which is scheduled just after this PIRATA FR16 cruise. The related project is ORE PIRATA - AMMA EGEE. |