ARCANE 2

Name: ARCANE 2
Start: 1997-08-06
End: 1997-08-27
Location: Northeast Atlantic Ocean (40W)

Type	Oceanographic cruise
Set	This cruise is part of the set ARCANE :ACTION RECHERCHE CIRCULATION ATLANTIQUE NE
Ship	Thalassa
Ship owner	Ifremer
Dates	06/08/1997 - 27/08/1997
Chief scientist(s)	LE CANN Bernard
	LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE DES OCEANS/UBO Université de Bretagne Occidentale 6 avenue Victor-Le-Gorgeu BP 809 29285 BREST CEDEX +33 (0)2 98.01.61.21 http://www.umr-lops.fr/
DOI	10.17600/97040060
Objective	Studying ocean circulation at middle latitudes of the North-eastern Atlantic. This was part of the ARCANE (Actions for research on circulation in the North-eastern Atlantic).

Sea/Ocean

Northeast Atlantic Ocean (40W)

Ports

Port of departure : Lisbon (Portugal)

Port of return : Lisbon (Portugal)

Project

ARCANE

Scientific Authority

LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE DES OCEANS/UBO

Université de Bretagne Occidentale

6 avenue Victor-Le-Gorgeu BP 809

29285 BREST CEDEX

+33 (0)2 98.01.61.21

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

Participating bodie(s)

IFREMER/SHOM/UBO/INSU/CEA

Discipline(s)

CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY

Code	Label	Quantity	PI
D01	Current meters Data measured between March 97 and May 98 (ARCANE3 LEG1)	14 deployments	LE CANN Bernard
D05	Surface drifters/drifting buoys Launching of 4 Surdrif drifting buoys	4 deployments	SERPETTE Alain
D06	Neutrally buoyant floats Launching of 8 Marvor floats	8 deployments	SERPETTE Alain
D71	Current profiler (eg ADCP) Shipboard ADCP current meter measurements (75 kHz and 150 kHz)	-	LE CANN Bernard
H09	Water bottle stations	79 stations	LE CANN Bernard
H10	CTD stations	94 stations	LE CANN Bernard
H13	Bathythermograph XBT (104) and XCTD (23)	-	SERPETTE Alain
H21	Oxygen 94 CTD measurements + 79 bottle measurements	173 samples	LE CANN Bernard
H22	Phosphate	-	MORIN Pascal
H24	Nitrate	-	MORIN Pascal
H25	Nitrite	-	MORIN Pascal
H26	Silicate	-	MORIN Pascal
H31	Radioactivity Cesium (51) and Tritium (38)	-	BAILLY DU BOIS Pascal
H71	Surface measurements underway (T,S) Hull thermosalinograph	-	LE CANN Bernard
H73	Geochemical tracers (eg freons) Freons (F11 F12), O.CONNAN second in charge	470 samples	MORIN Pascal
M06	Routine standard measurements Gateway weather every 3 hours and Vaisala central weather on the way	-	LE CANN Bernard
P02	Trace metals Trace metals (Cu, Cd, Pb)	60 stations	RISO Ricardo

Summary of measurements

-Hydrology (CTD02 + XBT/XCTD shots).
-Deployment of a current meter mooring.
-Deployment of 8 Marvor floats.
-Deployment of 4 Surdrif drifting buoys.
-Tracer measurements (CFC: F11 and F12).
-Nutrient and heavy metal measurements.
-Radioactive tracer (cesium, tritium) measurements.
-Retrieval of 2 Surdrif drifting buoys.
-Underway shipboard ADCP (75 and 150 kHz) measurements.
-Meteorological measurements.

Location map

Data managed by SISMER

Moorings

Bibliography

Publications

Oms Pierre-Emmanuel, Bailly Du Bois Pascal, Dumas Franck, Lazure Pascal , Morillon Mehdi, Voiseux Claire, Le Corre Cedric, Cossonnet Catherine, Solier Luc, Morin Pascal (2019). Inventory and distribution of tritium in the oceans in 2016. Science Of The Total Environment, 656, 1289-1303. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.448 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00470/58157/

L'Hegaret Pierre, Carton Xavier, Ambar Isabel, Menesguen Claire , Hua Bach Lien, Cherubin Laurent, Aguiar Ana, Le Cann Bernard, Daniault Nathalie, Serra Nuno (2014). Evidence of Mediterranean Water dipole collision in the Gulf of Cadiz. Journal Of Geophysical Research-oceans, 119(8), 5337-5359. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JC009972 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00204/31565/

Paillet Jerome , Le Cann Bernard, Carton Xavier, Morel Yves, Serpette Alain (2002). Dynamics and evolution of a northern meddy. Journal Of Physical Oceanography, 32(1), 55-79. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(2002)032<0055:DAEOAN>2.0.CO;2

References of Technical Reports

Morin Pascal, Louarn Essylt, Thoumelin Guy, Sevin Laure, Cariou Thierry, Mace Eric (2009). Recueil des données OVIDE 2008. Traceurs géochimiques (Eléments nutritifs et fréons). Contrat n° 2007120713143. https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00431/54258/

Gaillard Fabienne , Kermabon Catherine, Mercier Herle (2003). POMME. Reconstruction des champs 4D. Analyse basée sur les profils et mesures eulériennes - Expériences 7 et 9. DRO/UM/LPO/03-06. https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00283/39402/

Le Fur Alice (2002). Etude comparative modèles-données de la distribution de l’eau méditerranéenne en Atlantique Nord-Est. RINT. DRO/UM/LPO 02-10.

Thierry Virginie , Gaillard Fabienne , Mercier Herle (2001). Réalisation d'un modèle inverse de l'Atlantique Nord-Est pour les années Arcane-Cambios (1996 - 1998). Marché 00.87.006.00.470.29.25.

Le Cann Bernard, Billant Andre, Branellec Pierre (2000). ARCANE - Volume 1 : Campagne ARCANE 98 - N/O Thalassa (23 juin - 22 juillet 1998) - Rapport de données CTD-O2. R.INT.DRO/UM/LPO 00-01. https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00230/34132/

Groupe de pilotage Antinéa (2000). Expression des besoins pour un calculateur scientifique à vocation océanographique. R.INT.TMSI/IDM/RIC/00-046.

Le Cann Bernard, Billant Andre, Branellec Pierre (1998). Campagne ARCANE 97 : Recueil de données - Volume 1 : CTD-O2. DRO/LPO/98-04. https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00210/32138/

Thesis using campaign data

Oms Pierre-Emmanuel (2019). Transferts multi-échelles des apports continentaux dans le golfe de Gascogne / Multiscale transfers of continental inputs in the Bay of Biscay. PhD Thesis, Université de Bretagne Occidentale.

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Name	Location	Begin date	Duration (days)	Comment
ARCANE 2 MOUILLAGE NORD	44° 48.000' N 9° 12.000' W	19970308 00:00:0008/03/1997	432	4 courantomètres RCM5 + 1 courantomètre RCM8
ARCANE 2 MOUILLAGE OUEST	44° 36.000' N 9° 48.000' W	19970309 00:00:0009/03/1997	430	5 courantomètres RCM5
ARCANE 2 MOUILLAGE SUD	44° 18.000' N 9° 12.000' W	19970310 00:00:0010/03/1997	429	4 courantomètres RCM8