FS Poseidon PO319
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |||||||||||||||||
| Ship name (ship code) | FS Poseidon (06PO) | ||||||||||||||||
| Cruise identifier | PO319 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cruise period | 2004-12-10 — 2004-12-15 | ||||||||||||||||
| Status | Completed | ||||||||||||||||
| Port of departure | Las Palmas, Spain | ||||||||||||||||
| Port of return | Las Palmas, Spain | ||||||||||||||||
| Purpose | Research | ||||||||||||||||
| Objectives | MERSEA (Marine EnviRonment and Security for the European Area)
The main task concentrated on the MERSEA EU project, closely linked to the ANIMATE EU project, secluded in November 2004; and the DOLAN EU project, secluded in April 2004. The main aim of MERSEA is the management of data and their conditioning for scientific users. RAPID (Monitoring the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation at 26.5°N) Another goal of the POSEIDON cruise was the work at the EB-2 site. It is located 60 nm south of Gran Canaria and a part of the RAPID program. THe main task of the RAPID program is: to establish a pre-operational prototype system to continuously observe the strength and structure of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (MOC). | ||||||||||||||||
| Chief scientist | Goetz Ruhland (University of Bremen, Center for Marine Environmental Sciences) | ||||||||||||||||
| Cruise report |  (1.12 MB) | ||||||||||||||||
| Ocean/sea areas | |||||||||||||||||
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) | ||||||||||||||||
| Specific | Canary Islands | ||||||||||||||||
| Track charts | (0.13 MB) | ||||||||||||||||
| Data held at BODC | Get data | ||||||||||||||||
| Series/Profiles | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 Acoustic current meter | Moored instrument depth Reference numbers Date and time Temperature of the water column Platform or instrument orientation Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents) Acoustic backscatter in the water column Electrical conductivity of the water column Moored instrument depth Reference numbers Date and time Temperature of the water column Platform or instrument orientation Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents) Acoustic backscatter in the water column Electrical conductivity of the water column
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| 1 Electromagnetic current meter | Moored instrument depth Reference numbers Date and time Temperature of the water column Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents) Electrical conductivity of the water column Moored instrument depth Reference numbers Date and time Temperature of the water column Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents) Electrical conductivity of the water column
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| 1 Instrument mooring |
