CONFLUENCE 3

Type Oceanographic cruise
Set This cruise is part of the set CONFLUENCE
Ship Le Suroît
Ship owner Ifremer
Dates 07/02/1990 - 28/02/1990
Chief scientist(s) PROVOST Christine

LABORATOIRE D'OCÉANOGRAPHIE ET DU CLIMAT : EXPÉRIMENTATIONS ET APPROCHES NUMÉRIQUES - UMR 7159

Institut Pierre Simon Laplace

Boîte 100

4 place Jussieu

75005 Paris

+33 (1) 44 27 32 48

https://www.locean.ipsl.fr/
DOI 10.17600/90000611
Objective The Confluence programme is the first French participation in the WOCE-South Atlantic programme. It focuses on studying the boundary region of the South Atlantic at the confluence between the Brazil Current and the Malvinas Current. The three pre-WOCE pilot cruises for Confluence made it possible to acquire the first time series of direct current measurements in this region, obtain 3 fine-scale hydrology networks using tracers in 3 different seasons, to get the four-country cooperation (France, USA and the neighbouring countries of Argentina and Uruguay) up and running and to set up the infrastructure for the actual WOCE phase. The Confluence 3 cruise which took place aboard RV Suroît in February 1990 was the last cruise in this pre-WOCE phase.

Data managed by SISMER

Bibliography

Publications

Artana Camila, Ferrari Ramiro, Koenig Zoe, Sennechael Nathalie, Saraceno Martin, Piola Alberto R., Provost Christine (2018). Malvinas Current Volume Transport at 41 degrees S: A 24 Yearlong Time Series Consistent With Mooring Data From 3 Decades and Satellite Altimetry. Journal Of Geophysical Research-oceans, 123(1), 378-398. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JC013600 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00481/59315/


Spadone Aurelie, Provost Christine (2009). Variations in the Malvinas Current volume transport since October 1992. Journal Of Geophysical Research-oceans, 114(C02002), 21p.-. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1029/2008JC004882 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00481/59316/


Vivier F, Provost Ch (1999). Direct velocity measurements in the Malvinas Current. Journal Of Geophysical Research-oceans, 104(C9), 21083-21103. https://doi.org/10.1029/1999JC900163


Provost Ch, Escoffier C, Maamaatuaiahutapu K, Kartavtseff A, Garcon V (1999). Subtropical mode waters in the South Atlantic Ocean. Journal Of Geophysical Research-oceans, 104(C9), 21033-21049. https://doi.org/10.1029/1999JC900049


Vivier F, Provost Ch (1999). Volume transport of the Malvinas Current: Can the flow be monitored by TOPEX/POSEIDON? Journal Of Geophysical Research-oceans, 104(C9), 21105-21122. https://doi.org/10.1029/1999JC900056


Maamaatuaiahutapu Keitapu, Garcon Véronique, Provost Christine, Mercier HerleORCID (1998). Transports of the Brazil and Malvinas currents at their confluence. Journal Of Marine Research, 56(2), 417-438. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1357/002224098321822366 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00447/55898/


Provost Christine, Garcon V, Falcon Lm (1996). Hydrographic conditions in the surface layers over the slope-open ocean transition area near the Brazil-Malvinas Confluence during austral summer 1990. Continental Shelf Research, 16(2), 215-219. https://doi.org/10.1016/0278-4343(95)00006-M


Provost Christine, Gana S, Garcon V, Maamaatuaiahutapu K, England Mh (1995). Hydrographic conditions in the Brazil‐Malvinas Confluence during austral summer 1990. Journal Of Geophysical Research-oceans, 100(C6), 10655-10678. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1029/94JC02864 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00481/59318/


References of Articles published in other Periodicals or Scientific Works acclaimed in the Field

Vivier F., C. Provost and M. Meredith (2001) Remote and Local forcing in the Brazil-Malvinas Region. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 31, 892-913.