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Marion Dufresne MD229 (GS02, SWINGS)

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)Marion Dufresne (35MV)
Cruise identifierMD229 (GS02, SWINGS)
Cruise period2021-01-11 — 2021-03-08
StatusCompleted
Port of departureLe Port, Réunion
Port of returnLe Port, Réunion
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesSWINGS is a multidisciplinary 4-year project dedicated to elucidate trace element sources, transformations and sinks along a section crossing key areas of the Southern Ocean. Major French contribution to the international GEOTRACES program (www.geotraces.org), SWINGS involves around 80 scientists (21 international laboratories, 7 countries). As core action of SWINGS, the SWINGS cruise started from La Reunion on January 11th 2021 and ended at La Reunion 57 days later on March 8th, 2021. This cruise explored a large part of the South Indian Ocean in order to tackle the following objectives

1. Establish the relative importance of sedimentary, atmospheric and hydrothermal sources of TEIs in the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean
2. Investigate the drivers of the internal trace element cycles: biogenic uptake, remineralization, particle fate, and export, and
3. Quantify TEI transport by the Antarctic Circumpolar Current
Chief scientistCatherine Jeandel (Laboratoire d'Etude en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales), Helene Planquette (Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science (UMR CNRS 6539))
ProjectGEOTRACES -Trace elements and their isotopes in the water column
Cruise reportMarion Dufresne MD229 (GS02, SWINGS) cruise report mariondufresne_md229.pdf (8.44 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralIndian Ocean
SpecificSouth West Indian Ocean
Data held at BODC 
Series/Profiles 
139  CTD/STD cast
Reference numbers
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
Reference numbers
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies

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22273962021-01-20 21:11:38 30° 4' 12" S  31° 47' 58" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227396
22276122021-01-31 19:26:11 46° 35' 59" S  37° 46' 46" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227612
22276362021-02-01 07:22:36 46° 36' 1" S  37° 46' 48" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227636
22276972021-02-03 16:19:19 47° 18' 6" S  43° 6' 0" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227697
22278332021-02-10 07:03:15 45° 0' 8" S  52° 0' 1" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227833
22278822021-02-12 08:15:33 47° 5' 3" S  56° 25' 4" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227882
22278942021-02-12 16:10:44 47° 42' 1" S  58° 0' 1" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227894
22281422021-02-21 02:50:46 56° 23' 58" S  78° 22' 51" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228142
22281912021-02-23 01:40:10 57° 29' 51" S  82° 11' 1" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228191
22283262021-02-28 22:27:05 48° 47' 59" S  72° 17' 59" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228326
22283872021-01-14 17:12:14 24° 59' 59" S  51° 0' 0" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228387
22284062021-01-19 09:48:09 30° 18' 0" S  32° 47' 59" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228406
22285602021-02-03 18:15:08 47° 18' 4" S  43° 6' 11" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228560
22286272021-02-09 12:37:10 46° 7' 11" S  51° 53' 20" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228627
22286642021-02-14 18:18:44 48° 30' 8" S  65° 0' 0" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228664
22287192021-02-18 07:52:58 52° 58' 35" S  73° 24' 40" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228719
22287322021-02-20 01:44:24 55° 12' 0" S  76° 18' 18" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228732
22274522021-01-24 04:18:08 38° 0' 45" S  35° 59' 31" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227452
22275812021-01-31 07:04:23 47° 3' 34" S  38° 9' 1" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227581
22276612021-02-02 06:41:24 46° 40' 13" S  39° 36' 0" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227661
22279742021-02-16 08:29:18 51° 29' 56" S  69° 29' 23" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227974
22280982021-02-20 11:51:25 55° 47' 58" S  77° 19' 2" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228098
22282222021-02-24 14:34:29 55° 47' 58" S  77° 19' 12" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228222
22282832021-02-26 17:47:10 51° 44' 59" S  74° 43' 0" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228283
22284792021-01-25 16:05:13 39° 49' 4" S  36° 24' 34" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228479
22285592021-02-01 06:00:57 46° 36' 1" S  37° 46' 48" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228559
22285722021-02-05 06:08:19 49° 42' 1" S  45° 30' 0" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228572
22286882021-02-17 02:14:20 52° 42' 1" S  74° 43' 4" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228688
22287072021-02-18 03:57:09 53° 1' 29" S  73° 44' 7" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228707
22287932021-02-26 16:23:25 51° 44' 58" S  74° 43' 0" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228793
22274272021-01-21 17:50:04 32° 35' 57" S  33° 24' 7" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227427
22274762021-01-25 13:16:59 39° 48' 43" S  36° 23' 19" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227476
22275442021-01-29 16:00:23 44° 51' 10" S  36° 13' 50" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227544
22276002021-01-31 17:12:16 46° 53' 24" S  37° 56' 58" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227600
22277282021-02-04 16:58:52 48° 11' 57" S  44° 6' 6" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227728
22277902021-02-08 10:42:39 49° 0' 1" S  51° 32' 1" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227790
22279492021-02-15 06:17:30 49° 37' 30" S  66° 52' 31" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227949
22280492021-02-19 05:00:09 54° 10' 16" S  73° 39' 18" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228049
22282342021-02-26 00:09:08 53° 0' 59" S  72° 37' 37" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228234
22282462021-02-26 01:20:25 53° 0' 59" S  72° 37' 37" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228246
22283632021-03-03 12:01:07 38° 0' 0" S  63° 59' 58" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228363
22284312021-01-20 22:49:22 30° 5' 18" S  31° 47' 22" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228431
22284432021-01-22 14:52:18 35° 13' 3" S  34° 28' 15" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228443
22286032021-02-08 20:00:39 47° 19' 10" S  51° 58' 51" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228603
22286392021-02-10 19:52:46 46° 25' 10" S  52° 23' 59" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228639
22286402021-02-12 04:10:54 47° 4' 32" S  56° 25' 6" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228640
22273352021-01-17 08:12:56 28° 38' 14" S  39° 59' 14" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227335
22273842021-01-20 10:28:03 29° 48' 35" S  31° 41' 44" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227384
22274402021-01-23 07:28:12 37° 4' 10" S  36° 1' 46" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227440
22275682021-01-30 22:42:13 47° 10' 10" S  37° 36' 3" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227568
22277162021-02-04 08:29:39 47° 18' 33" S  43° 6' 33" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227716
22277772021-02-06 21:06:55 52° 54' 3" S  49° 22' 57" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227777
22278692021-02-12 00:43:08 47° 2' 28" S  56° 26' 34" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227869
22279502021-02-15 15:12:45 50° 42' 6" S  68° 30' 6" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227950
22279622021-02-16 01:22:53 50° 42' 3" S  68° 30' 5" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227962
22280502021-02-19 23:48:04 55° 12' 0" S  76° 18' 18" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228050
22280862021-02-20 09:29:52 55° 41' 57" S  77° 9' 9" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228086
22281782021-02-22 21:29:49 57° 20' 53" S  82° 23' 2" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228178
22283992021-01-17 15:21:25 28° 38' 14" S  39° 59' 14" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228399
22286522021-02-13 00:47:04 47° 14' 30" S  59° 47' 59" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228652
22287202021-02-19 03:11:43 54° 10' 16" S  73° 39' 18" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228720
22287442021-02-21 18:25:50 57° 41' 25" S  81° 55' 26" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228744
22287682021-02-24 16:50:45 55° 47' 59" S  77° 19' 10" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228768
22274882021-01-25 14:10:44 39° 48' 49" S  36° 23' 33" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227488
22275322021-01-28 20:03:58 44° 51' 42" S  36° 10' 27" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227532
22275932021-01-31 12:54:40 46° 58' 11" S  38° 3' 34" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227593
22276852021-02-03 04:19:42 47° 17' 58" S  43° 6' 11" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227685
22277042021-02-03 21:25:30 47° 18' 22" S  43° 6' 24" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227704
22277892021-02-08 02:15:04 48° 59' 57" S  51° 32' 19" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227789
22278212021-02-09 23:19:18 46° 7' 12" S  51° 53' 15" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227821
22278452021-02-10 21:07:50 46° 25' 10" S  52° 23' 59" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227845
22279012021-02-13 03:48:23 47° 15' 25" S  59° 47' 50" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227901
22280012021-02-18 04:34:59 53° 1' 26" S  73° 44' 0" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228001
22281052021-02-20 15:00:22 55° 54' 1" S  77° 28' 11" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228105
22281292021-02-20 21:08:33 56° 6' 0" S  77° 50' 59" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228129
22281302021-02-20 23:42:44 56° 11' 59" S  78° 1' 13" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228130
22285472021-01-31 16:31:46 46° 53' 24" S  37° 56' 58" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228547
22283512021-03-02 00:19:30 45° 0' 0" S  67° 48' 2" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228351
22284182021-01-20 09:05:45 29° 48' 1" S  31° 41' 58" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228418
22285232021-01-31 04:37:17 47° 3' 34" S  38° 9' 1" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228523
22285962021-02-08 07:43:51 49° 0' 1" S  51° 32' 1" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228596
22288002021-02-26 22:35:46 51° 23' 59" S  73° 56' 58" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228800
22274152021-01-21 04:18:08 30° 39' 13" S  32° 9' 1" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227415
22274392021-01-22 17:35:37 35° 13' 3" S  34° 28' 15" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227439
22275192021-01-27 20:35:06 44° 51' 29" S  36° 6' 10" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227519
22276242021-02-01 04:12:54 46° 36' 2" S  37° 46' 47" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227624
22276482021-02-01 17:25:17 47° 30' 0" S  39° 18' 2" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227648
22276732021-02-02 18:44:09 46° 49' 29" S  42° 23' 21" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227673
22277532021-02-06 05:27:25 51° 44' 58" S  49° 22' 13" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227753
22277652021-02-06 15:12:33 52° 23' 51" S  49° 22' 45" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227765
22279252021-02-13 22:34:18 47° 59' 56" S  60° 0' 8" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227925
22279862021-02-17 07:35:34 52° 42' 27" S  74° 43' 4" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227986
22279982021-02-18 03:20:05 53° 1' 29" S  73° 44' 3" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227998
22280252021-02-18 08:23:50 52° 58' 28" S  73° 24' 34" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228025
22281172021-02-20 18:11:36 56° 0' 0" S  77° 39' 56" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228117
22282102021-02-23 08:55:46 57° 59' 30" S  81° 28' 53" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228210
22283022021-02-27 07:26:48 50° 48' 0" S  72° 17' 59" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228302
22283382021-03-01 07:40:32 47° 0' 0" S  72° 0' 4" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228338
22285842021-02-06 11:49:17 52° 24' 0" S  49° 22' 11" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228584
22286762021-02-15 17:27:53 50° 42' 1" S  68° 29' 59" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228676
22287562021-02-22 17:28:36 57° 41' 22" S  81° 55' 4" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228756
22288122021-02-27 06:43:01 50° 48' 1" S  72° 17' 59" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228812
22273472021-01-17 10:48:06 28° 38' 14" S  39° 59' 14" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227347
22273602021-01-19 07:48:20 30° 18' 0" S  32° 47' 59" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227360
22273722021-01-19 11:49:31 30° 18' 0" S  32° 47' 59" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227372
22274032021-01-21 00:24:22 30° 7' 12" S  31° 47' 3" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227403
22274642021-01-24 19:26:03 39° 48' 2" S  36° 21' 9" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227464
22275562021-01-30 09:32:33 46° 29' 59" S  36° 36' 1" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227556
22277412021-02-05 09:17:55 49° 42' 52" S  45° 31' 31" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227741
22278572021-02-11 12:50:43 47° 0' 0" S  56° 29' 58" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227857
22279132021-02-13 12:47:10 47° 15' 58" S  59° 47' 40" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227913
22279372021-02-14 16:02:26 48° 30' 0" S  65° 0' 3" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227937
22280132021-02-18 07:05:58 52° 58' 39" S  73° 24' 37" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228013
22280742021-02-20 07:08:06 55° 35' 54" S  76° 58' 34" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228074
22281542021-02-22 02:47:22 57° 41' 24" S  81° 55' 27" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228154
22282092021-02-23 05:06:54 57° 41' 1" S  81° 54' 43" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228209
22282952021-02-27 05:48:26 50° 48' 1" S  72° 18' 2" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228295
22283752021-03-04 03:50:35 34° 59' 57" S  62° 0' 1" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228375
22284552021-01-24 00:01:49 38° 0' 10" S  35° 59' 45" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228455
22284672021-01-25 09:06:07 39° 48' 2" S  36° 21' 3" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228467
22284922021-01-28 18:10:51 44° 51' 41" S  36° 10' 28" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228492
22285112021-01-30 13:34:24 46° 30' 2" S  36° 36' 1" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228511
22286152021-02-09 06:37:34 46° 7' 11" S  51° 53' 24" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228615
22273232021-01-15 05:22:13 24° 59' 58" S  51° 0' 0" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227323
22273592021-01-18 22:34:53 30° 18' 0" S  32° 47' 59" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227359
22275072021-01-26 06:10:33 39° 48' 1" S  36° 21' 1" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227507
22275202021-01-28 16:21:46 44° 51' 42" S  36° 10' 27" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227520
22278082021-02-09 14:24:42 46° 7' 11" S  51° 53' 20" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227808
22278702021-02-12 07:18:22 47° 5' 17" S  56° 24' 47" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2227870
22280372021-02-18 18:38:06 54° 10' 7" S  73° 40' 6" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228037
22282712021-02-26 17:08:47 51° 44' 58" S  74° 43' 0" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228271
22280622021-02-20 04:30:03 55° 23' 59" S  76° 38' 13" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228062
22281662021-02-22 09:22:11 57° 41' 23" S  81° 55' 13" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228166
22282582021-02-26 15:17:14 51° 44' 58" S  74° 43' 0" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228258
22283142021-02-27 13:18:56 50° 48' 0" S  72° 17' 59" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228314
22284802021-01-26 23:51:33 41° 3' 2" S  36° 52' 10" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228480
22285352021-01-31 11:23:05 46° 58' 11" S  38° 3' 35" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228535
22287812021-02-26 00:48:20 53° 0' 59" S  72° 37' 37" E  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 2228781
Discrete samples 
114  All plastic clean surface pumped supply
19  Atmospheric air sampling pump
99  CTD frame plus rosette sampler
5  Rain water collector
34  Stand-alone pumps
41