ARCANE 3 LEG2

Name: ARCANE 3 LEG2
Start: 1998-06-23
End: 1998-07-21
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	23/06/1998 - 21/07/1998
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	10.17600/98040060
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 : Saint-Nazaire (France)

Port of return : Brest (France)

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)

LPO (Lab.Physique des Oceans) IFREMER/CNRS/UBO,CMO (Centre Militaire d'Oceano.) SHOM,LCO (Lab.Chimie oceanique) CNRS/UBO

Discipline(s)

PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
METEOROLOGY

Code	Label	Quantity	PI
D01	Current meters Data measured between May 98 (ARCANE3 LEG1) and October 99 (ARCANE4)	14 deployments	LE CANN Bernard
D05	Surface drifters/drifting buoys Launching of 4 Surdrif buoys, recovery of 2 buoys (with B. Lecann)	6 deployments	SERPETTE Alain
D06	Neutrally buoyant floats Launching of 7 RAFOS type floats	7 deployments	SERPETTE Alain
D71	Current profiler (eg ADCP) Shipboard ADCP 150 kHz, underway	-	LE CANN Bernard
G73	Single-beam echosounding	-	LE CANN Bernard
H09	Water bottle stations	94 stations	LE CANN Bernard
H10	CTD stations Neil Brown Mark III	94 stations	LE CANN Bernard
H13	Bathythermograph 127 XBT shots and 58 XCTD shots	185 profiles	SERPETTE Alain
H21	Oxygen Bottle measurements	94 stations	LE CANN Bernard
H22	Phosphate	-	MORIN Pascal
H24	Nitrate	-	MORIN Pascal
H25	Nitrite	-	MORIN Pascal
H26	Silicate	-	MORIN Pascal
H71	Surface measurements underway (T,S) Hull thermosalinograph underway	-	LE CANN Bernard
H73	Geochemical tracers (eg freons) Tracers (F11, F12, F113 and CC14) in the water	1116 samples	MORIN Pascal
M06	Routine standard measurements Every 3 hours: weather measurements on the bridge, en route Vaisala central	-	LE CANN Bernard
M71	Atmospheric chemistry Tracers (F11, F12, F113 and CC14) in the atmosphere	28 measurements	MORIN Pascal

Summary of measurements

-Hydrology (CTD02) + XBT/XCTD shots.
-Retrieval of a current meter mooring.
-Seven RAFOS floats deployed.
-Four Surdrift-type drifting buoys deployed and two Surdrift or Marisonde type buoys recovered.
-Tracer measurements (CFC: F11, F12, F113 and CC14).
-Nutrients and heavy metal measurements.
-Underway 150 kHz shipboard ADCP measurements.
-Meteorological measurements.

Location map

Positionning system

Geodetic system : WORLD GEODETIC SYSTEM 1984 = WGS84

Positioning system : GPS naturel et différentiel

Data managed by SISMER

Moorings

Bibliography

Publications

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/

Pruvost J, Connan O, Marty Y, Le Corre P (1999). A sampling device for collection and analysis of volatile halocarbons in coastal and oceanic waters. Analyst, 124(9), 1389-1394. https://doi.org/10.1039/a904597j

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 (2001). ARCANE - Volume 2 : Rapport de données eulériennes (1996-1999). R. INT. DRO/UM/LPO 01-03. https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00233/34378/

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.

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Name	Location	Begin date	Duration (days)	Comment
ARCANE 3 LEG2 MOUILLAGE NORD	44° 48.000' N 9° 12.000' W	19980516 00:00:0016/05/1998	511	5 courantomètres RCM5
ARCANE 3 LEG2 MOUILLAGE OUEST	44° 36.000' N 9° 48.000' W	19980515 00:00:0015/05/1998	513	5 courantomètres RCM5
ARCANE 3 LEG2 MOUILLAGE SUD	44° 18.000' N 9° 12.000' W	19980514 00:00:0014/05/1998	513	4 courantomètres RCM8