ROMANCHE 3 / ROMEL

Type Oceanographic cruise
Set This cruise is part of the set ROMANCHE
Ship Le Noroit
Ship owner Ifremer
Dates 18/11/1994 - 09/12/1994
Chief scientist(s) POLZIN Kurt , SPEER Kevin

WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION

Woods Hole

FALMOUTH MA 02543-1050

http://www.whoi.edu
DOI 10.17600/94030040
Objective Estimating the rate of deep mixing in the Equatorial zone using the temperature and kinetic energy dissipation method by measuring the microstructure of ocean turbulence. Observing the current between the surface and bottom, and estimating transport in the fracture and through sills. Vertical structure of Equatorial zonal currents. Obtaining time series of the hydrological structure, especially in the deep passages of bottom water.

Data managed by SISMER

Bibliography

Publications

Ferron BrunoORCID, Treguier Anne-Marie, Mercier HerleORCID (2004). Modelling of the bottom water flow through the Romanche Fracture Zone with a primitive equation model - Part 2: Comparison of vertical mixing parameterisations with observations. Ocean Modelling, 6(2), 177-190. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1463-5003(03)00024-6


Gouriou Yves, Bourles Bernard, Mercier HerleORCID, Chuchla R (1999). Deep jets in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean. Journal Of Geophysical Research-oceans, 104(C9), 21217-21226. https://doi.org/10.1029/1999JC900057


Ferron BrunoORCID, Mercier HerleORCID, Speer Kevin, Gargett Ann, Polzin Kurt (1998). Mixing in the Romanche Fracture Zone. Journal Of Physical Oceanography, 28(10), 1929-1945. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1998)028<1929:MITRFZ>2.0.CO;2 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00447/55830/


Mercier HerleORCID, Speer Kevin G. (1998). Transport of bottom water in the Romanche Fracture Zone and the Chain Fracture Zone. Journal Of Physical Oceanography, 28(5), 779-790. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1998)028<0779:TOBWIT>2.0.CO;2