| Sea/Ocean |
Northeast Atlantic Ocean (40W) (Ouest Portugal) |
| Ports |
Port of departure : Toulon (France)
Port of return : Brest (France)
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| Project |
WOCE/SAMBA/FLOATS |
| 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/LPO,WHOI,IFM/Kiel,SEASCAN,TEKELEC |
| Discipline(s) |
| Code |
Label |
Quantity |
PI |
| D06 |
Neutrally buoyant floats |
12 |
OLLITRAULT Michel |
| D71 |
Current profiler (eg ADCP) |
- |
OLLITRAULT Michel |
| H10 |
CTD stations |
25 stations |
OLLITRAULT Michel |
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| Summary of measurements |
- -Recovery of W1 mooring.
-Mooring the W2 acoustic source.
-Mooring the C1 acoustic source.
-Mooring, then retrieving a triplet of floats at C.
-Mooring, then retrieving a triplet of floats at T.
-Releasing, then retrieving 2 floats at C.
-3 floats released at T, then only 2 floats recovered (the MARVOR float did not resurface).
-26 CTD stations on an approximately zonal leg towards 40N between 18W and 10W.
-Release of 2 each of 6 different types of RAFOS floats towards 39.20N/11.40W immersed at 1,000 m for a mission lasting about 5 months.
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| Location map |
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| Positionning system |
Geodetic system : VALEUR INDEFINIE
Positioning system : SG = Europe 50 ?
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