FN Archimer Export Format
PT J
TI MedArgo: a drifting profiler program in the Mediterranean Sea
BT 
AF POULAIN, P
   BARBANTI, R
   FONT, J
   CRUZADO, A
   MILLOT, Claude
   GERTMAN, I
   GRIFFA, A
   MOLCARD, A
   RUPOLO, V
   LE BRAS, Sylvie
   DE LA VILLEON, L
AS 1:1;2:1;3:2;4:3;5:4;6:5;7:6;8:7;9:8;10:9;11:9;
FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:;10:PDG-DOP-DCB-TSI-ME;11:;
C1 Ist Nazl Oceanog & Geofis Sperimentale, Trieste, Italy.
   ICM CSIC, Trieste, Italy.
   CEAB CSIC, Blanes, Spain.
   LOB CNRS, La Seyne Sur Mer, France.
   IOLR, Haifa, Israel.
   CNR, La Spezia, Italy.
   Univ Toulon & Var, La Garde, France.
   Ente Nuove Tecnol Energia & Ambiente ENEA, Rome, Italy.
   IFREMER, Brest, France.
C2 OGS, ITALY
   CSIC, ITALY
   CSIC, SPAIN
   CNRS, FRANCE
   IOLR, ISRAEL
   CNR, ITALY
   UNIV TOULON & VAR, FRANCE
   ENEA, ITALY
   IFREMER, FRANCE
SI BREST
SE PDG-DOP-DCB-TSI-ME
IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018
   copubli-france
   copubli-europe
   copubli-univ-france
   copubli-int-hors-europe
IF 0.937
TC 62
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2007/publication-3529.pdf
LA English
DT Article
AB In the framework of the EU-funded MFSTEP project, autonomous drifting profilers were deployed throughout the Mediterranean Sea to collect temperature and salinity profile data and to measure subsurface currents. The realization of this profiler program in the Mediterranean, referred to as MedArgo, is described and assessed using data collected between June 2004 and December 2006 (including more than 2000 profiles). Recommendations are provided for the permanent future implementation of MedArgo in support of operational oceanography in the Mediterranean Sea.   More than twenty drifting profilers were deployed from research vessels and ships-of-opportunity in most areas of the Mediterranean. They were all programmed to execute 5-day cycles with a drift at a parking depth of 350m and CTD profiles from either 700 or 2000m up to the surface. They stayed at the sea surface for about 6 h to be localised by, and transmit the data to, the Argos satellite system. The temperature and salinity data obtained with pumped Sea-Bird CTD instruments were processed and made available to the scientific community and to operational users in near-real time using standard Argo protocols, and were assimilated into Mediterranean numerical forecasting models.   In general, the cycling and sampling characteristics chosen for the MedArgo profilers were found to be adequate for the Mediterranean. However, it is strongly advised to use GPS and global cellular phone telemetry or the future Argos bidirectional satellite system in order to avoid data compression and losses, for the continuation of the Mediterranean drifting profiler program.
PY 2007
PD AUG
SO Ocean Science
SN 1812-0784
PU European Geosciences Union (EGU)
VL 3
IS 3
UT 000250832900003
BP 379
EP 395
ID 3529
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