ARCANE 4

Name: ARCANE 4
Start: 1999-10-07
End: 1999-10-14
Location: Northeast Atlantic Ocean (40W)

Type	Oceanographic cruise
Set	This cruise is part of the set ARCANE :ACTION RECHERCHE CIRCULATION ATLANTIQUE NE
Ship	Poseidon
Ship owner	Universitat Kiel
Dates	07/10/1999 - 14/10/1999
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/
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 : Brest (France)

Port of return : Viana do Castelo (Portugal)

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, CNRS, UBO

Discipline(s)

PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY

Code	Label	Quantity	PI
D01	Current meters Moorings recovery - ARCANE3 LEG2 related data	14 recoveries	LE CANN Bernard
D71	Current profiler (eg ADCP) Underway, shipboard ADCP measurements (150 kHz)	-	LE CANN Bernard
H10	CTD stations CTD SeaBird SBE 25	18 stations	LE CANN Bernard
H13	Bathythermograph XCTD 2000 (31) + XBT T5/T10 (27)	58 profiles	SERPETTE Alain
H71	Surface measurements underway (T,S) Underway, On-board thermosalinograph	-	LE CANN Bernard
M06	Routine standard measurements Underway, weather Gateway + shipboard central station	-	LE CANN Bernard

Summary of measurements

-Hydrology (CTD + XBT/XCTD shots).
-4 current meter moorings were retrieved.
-Underway shipboard ADCP measurements.
-Meteorological measurements.

Location map

Data managed by SISMER

Bibliography

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 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/

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