TOPOGULF 3

Name: TOPOGULF 3
Start: 1983-08-15
End: 1983-09-07
Location: Northeast Atlantic Ocean (40W)

Type	Oceanographic cruise
Ship	Le Suroît
Ship owner	Ifremer
Dates	15/08/1983 - 07/09/1983
Chief scientist(s)	ARHAN Michel
	LABORATOIRE D'OCÉANOGRAPHIE PHYSIQUE ET SPATIALE - UMR 6523 Centre Ifremer Bretagne ZI Pointe du Diable CS 10070 29280 Plouzané +33 (0)2 98 22 42 76 dirumr6523@ifremer.fr http://www.umr-lops.fr/
DOI	10.17600/83000122
Objective	Study of the influence of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge on the medium- and large-scale circulation.

Sea/Ocean

Northeast Atlantic Ocean (40W)

(DORSLA MEDIO ATLANTIQUE)

Ports

Port of departure : Brest (France)

Port of return : Ponta Delgada (Portugal)

Project

TOPOGULF

Scientific Authority

OPS / LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE DES OCEANS (LPO)

IFREMER Centre de Bretagne

ZI Pointe du diable

29280 PLOUZANE

+33 (0)2 98.22.42.76

fabrice.ardhuin@ifremer.fr

http://www.umr-lops.fr/

Participating bodie(s)

IFREMER CENTRE DE BREST, IFM Kiel

Discipline(s)

PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY

Code	Label	Quantity	PI
H10	CTD stations	76 stations	ARHAN Michel
H13	Bathythermograph	69 profiles	ARHAN Michel
H21	Oxygen	76 stations	ARHAN Michel
H22	Phosphate	-	ARHAN Michel
H23	Total - P	-	ARHAN Michel
H24	Nitrate	-	ARHAN Michel
H25	Nitrite	-	ARHAN Michel
H26	Silicate	-	ARHAN Michel
H27	Alkalinity	-	ARHAN Michel
H28	pH	-	ARHAN Michel
H30	Trace elements	-	ARHAN Michel
H31	Radioactivity	-	ARHAN Michel

Summary of measurements

-76 CTD stations.
-69 XBT shots.
-Chemistry measurements.

Positionning system

Geodetic system : VALEUR INDEFINIE

Data managed by SISMER

Bibliography

Publications

Paillet Jerome , Arhan Michel, McCartney Michael S. (1998). Spreading of Labrador Sea Water in the eastern North Atlantic. Journal Of Geophysical Research-oceans, 103(C5), 10223-10239. https://doi.org/10.1029/98JC00262

Paillet Jerome , Mercier Herle (1997). An inverse model of the eastern North Atlantic general circulation and thermocline ventilation. Deep-sea Research Part I-oceanographic Research Papers, 44(8), 1293-1328. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0967-0637(97)00019-8

Paillet Jerome , Arhan Michel (1996). Oceanic ventilation in the eastern North Atlantic. Journal Of Physical Oceanography, 26(10), 2036-2052. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<2036:OVITEN>2.0.CO;2

Arhan Michel, Colin De Verdiere Alain, Mercier Herle (1989). Direct Observations of the Mean Circulation at 48°N in the Atlantic Ocean. Journal Of Physical Oceanography, 19(2), 161-181. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1989)019<0161:DOOTMC>2.0.CO;2

Arhan Michel (1987). On the large scale dynamics of the Mediterranean outflow. Deep-sea Research Part A-oceanographic Research Papers, 34(7), 1187-1208. https://doi.org/10.1016/0198-0149(87)90071-9

References of Technical Reports

Dyment Jérôme, Lallier François, Le Bris Nadine, Rouxel Olivier , Sarradin Pierre-Marie , Lamare Sylvain, Coumert Coralie, Morineaux Marie, Tourolle Julie (2014). Les impacts environnementaux de l’exploitation des ressources minérales marines profondes. Expertise scientifique collective. Rapport, CNRS – Ifremer, 937 p. https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00872/98434/

Ifremer, IFM (1987). Long term current measurements along 48° N in the central North Atlantic. TOPOGULF. A joint programme initiated by IFREMER, Brest (France), IFM, Kiel (West Germany). Volume 2 : Currentmeter measurements - Data Report - by The TOPOGULF Group. Campagnes Océanographiques Françaises n° 5 - 1987. ISSN 0761-3989. https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00717/82873/

Billant André (1985). Calibration des mesures d’une sonde CTD02 Neil Brown. Exemple de la campagne TOPOGULF. Rapports scientifiques et techniques de l’Ifremer n° 1 - 1985. ISSN 0761-3970. https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00717/82898/