MTPII-MATER/ELISA3 MAR98

Name: MTPII-MATER/ELISA3 MAR98
Start: 1998-03-20
End: 1998-03-29
Location: Mediterranean Sea, Western Basin

Type	Oceanographic cruise
Set	This cruise is part of the set MTPII-MATER
Ship	Le Suroît
Ship owner	Ifremer
Dates	20/03/1998 - 29/03/1998
Chief scientist(s)	TAUPIER-LETAGE Isabelle
Project manager	MONACO André
DOI	10.17600/98020010
Objective	1-Technical operations on ELISA moorings (replacing defective release rings. 2-Maintenance and inter-calibration of 4 autonomous moored CTD-fluorimeter assemblies. 3-Studying mesoscale phenomena in the Algerian Basin; consequences on general water mass circulation and biological consequences.

Sea/Ocean

Mediterranean Sea, Western Basin

(Partie Est du bassin algerien)

Ports

Port of departure : Marseille (France)

Port of return : Toulon (France)

Project

MEDITERRANEAN TARGETED PROJECT MTP II-MATER

Scientific Authority

COM / LAB. D'OCEANOG. PHYS. & BIOGEOCHIMIQ. (LOPB) - TOULON

CNRS-Université Méditerranée

Antenne de Toulon, BP 330

83507 LA SEYNE SUR MER

Participating bodie(s)

LOB, COM, LODYC, ICM/Barcelone, ENSTA, INSTM/Tunis

Discipline(s)

PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY

Code	Label	Quantity	PI
B02	Phytoplankton pigments (eg chloroph Chlorophylle a	38 stations	TAUPIER-LETAGE Isabelle
D01	Current meters AANDERAA, MORS, ADCP - Rattachés à ELISA 1 et ELISA 2	-	MILLOT Claude
D71	Current profiler (eg ADCP) ADCP de coque	-	MILLOT Claude
H09	Water bottle stations rosette	43 stations	TAUPIER-LETAGE Isabelle
H10	CTD stations	52 stations	TAUPIER-LETAGE Isabelle
H13	Bathythermograph XBT T5 et T7	44 profiles	MILLOT Claude
H16	Transparency (eg transmissometer)	53 stations	TAUPIER-LETAGE Isabelle
H17	Optics (eg underwater light levels)	53 stations	TAUPIER-LETAGE Isabelle
H72	Thermistor chain AANDERAA - Rattachés à Elisa 1 et Elisa 2	-	MILLOT Claude

Summary of measurements

-4 moorings were retrieval and put back in place.
-Study of a mesoscale eddy generated by the Algerian current in the Algerian basin.
-CTD stations at 1,000 or 2,750 meters, rosette samples (Chl., SN).
-XBT casts.

Location map

Positionning system

Geodetic system : VALEUR INDEFINIE

Published data

Taupier-Letage Isabelle (2020). ELISA (1997-1998) mesoscale survey in the Algerian sub-basin (Western Mediterranean): hydrological data set of the cruise ELISA-3 (spring 1998). https://doi.org/10.17882/72543

Data managed by SISMER

Bibliography

Publications

Van Haren Hans, Millot Claude (2006). Determination of buoyancy frequency in weakly stable waters. Journal Of Geophysical Research-oceans, 111(C03014), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1029/2005JC003065

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

Van Haren H, Millot C (2004). Rectilinear and circular inertial motions in the Western Mediterranean Sea. Deep-sea Research Part I-oceanographic Research Papers, 51(11), 1441-1455. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2004.07.009

Bricaud A, Bosc E, Antoine D (2002). Algal biomass and sea surface temperature in the Mediterranean Basin - Intercomparison of data from various satellite sensors, and implications for primary production estimates. Remote Sensing Of Environment, 81(2-3), 163-178. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0034-4257(01)00335-2