| Sea/Ocean |
Pacific Ocean (Mer de Corail et Meridien 156E) |
| Ports |
Port of departure : Noumea (New Caledonia)
Port of return : Noumea (New Caledonia)
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| Project |
COARE FRANCE |
| Scientific Authority |
IRD CENTRE DE NOUMEA 101 promenade Roger Laroque BP A5 98848 NOUMEA CEDEX (+687) 26 10 00 nouvelle-caledonie@ird.fr https://nouvelle-caledonie.ird.fr/ |
| Participating bodie(s) |
ORSTOM |
| Discipline(s) |
| Code |
Label |
Quantity |
PI |
| B02 |
Phytoplankton pigments (eg chloroph Chlorophylle |
- |
HENIN Christian |
| D01 |
Current meters S-ADCP - Données mises de côtés |
- |
HENIN Christian |
| D71 |
Current profiler (eg ADCP) |
- |
HENIN Christian |
| H09 |
Water bottle stations Pas de bouteilles de profondeur |
- |
HENIN Christian |
| H10 |
CTD stations |
75 stations |
HENIN Christian |
| H13 |
Bathythermograph |
- |
HENIN Christian |
| H21 |
Oxygen |
75 stations |
HENIN Christian |
| H22 |
Phosphate |
75 stations |
HENIN Christian |
| H24 |
Nitrate |
75 stations |
HENIN Christian |
| H26 |
Silicate |
75 stations |
HENIN Christian |
| H71 |
Surface measurements underway (T,S) |
- |
HENIN Christian |
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| Summary of measurements |
- -75 hydrology stations.
-Samples taken for chemical analyses: salinity, nutrients, chlorophyll.
-Maintenance of 4 ATLAS moorings.
-Recovery and redeployment of a current meter mooring at the Equator.
-Deployment of 10 drifting buoys between 5N and 10N.
-Maintenance of the meteorology station on KAPINGAMARANGI atoll.
-Underway measurements with Doppler ADCP profiler (300-400 metre layer).
-Surface samples taken every 3 hours for salinity and chlorophyll.
-XBT shots at every degree of latitude from 10N to Noumea.
-Surface temperature and salinity measurements every 2 minutes (SBE 21 TSG).
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| Location map |
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| Positionning system |
Geodetic system : WORLD GEODETIC SYSTEM 1984 = WGS84
Positioning system : WGS84 pblt
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