MTPII-MATER/ELISA2 OCT97

Type Oceanographic cruise
Set This cruise is part of the set MTPII-MATER
Ship Téthys II
Ship owner CNRS until 2019 - IFREMER since 2020
Dates 20/10/1997 - 30/10/1997
Chief scientist(s) TAUPIER-LETAGE Isabelle ORCID, MILLOT Claude
DOI 10.17600/97450020
Objective Studying the general circulation of water masses in the Algerian basin. Structure, origin and trajectory of eddies in the Algerian basin. Biological consequences of the mesoscale dynamics. Studying the eddy-related ecosystems. Biogeochemical cycles.

Published data

Taupier-Letage Isabelle (2020). ELISA (1997-1998) mesoscale survey in the Algerian sub-basin (Western Mediterranean): hydrological data set of the cruises ELISA-1 (summer 1997) and ELISA-2 (fall 1997). https://doi.org/10.17882/72475


Data managed by SISMER

Moorings

Bibliography

Publications

Van Haren Hans, Millot Claude, Taupier-Letage IsabelleORCID (2006). Fast deep sinking in Mediterranean eddies. Geophysical Research Letters, 33(L04606), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1029/2005GL025367