FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Process studies at the air-sea interface after atmospheric deposition in the Mediterranean Sea: objectives and strategy of the PEACETIME oceanographic campaign (May–June 2017) BT AF Guieu, Cécile D'Ortenzio, Fabrizio Dulac, François Taillandier, Vincent Doglioli, Andrea Petrenko, Anne Barrillon, Stéphanie Mallet, Marc Nabat, Pierre Desboeufs, Karine AS 1:1;2:1;3:2;4:1;5:3;6:3;7:3;8:4;9:4;10:5; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:;10:; C1 CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche, UMR7093, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE), UMR 8212, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, IPSL, Univ. Paris-Saclay, CEA Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, Université de Toulon, IRD, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography, UMR 7294, Marseille, France Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques, Météo-France/CNRM/GMGEC/MOSCA, Toulouse, France LISA (Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques), UMR CNRS 7583, Université de Paris, Université Paris Est, IPSL, Créteil, France C2 CNRS, FRANCE LSCE, FRANCE UNIV AIX MARSEILLE, FRANCE CNRM (METEO FRANCE), FRANCE UNIV PARIS EST, FRANCE IN DOAJ TC 0 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00611/72340/71224.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00611/72340/79221.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00611/72340/79222.pdf LA English DT Article CR PEACETIME BO Pourquoi pas ? AB In spring, the Mediterranean Sea, a well-stratified low nutrient low chlorophyll region, receives atmospheric deposition both desert dust from the Sahara and airborne particles from anthropogenic sources. Such deposition translates into a supply of new nutrients and trace metals for the surface waters that likely impact biogeochemical cycles. However, the quantification of the impacts and the processes involved are still far from being assessed in situ. In this paper, we provide a state of the art regarding dust deposition and its impact on the Mediterranean Sea biogeochemistry and we describe in this context the objectives and strategy of the PEACETIME project and cruise, entirely dedicated to filling this knowledge gap. Our strategy to go a step forward than in previous approaches in understanding these impacts by catching a real deposition event at sea is detailed. The PEACETIME oceanographic campaign took place in May–June 2017 and we describe how we were able to successfully adapt the planned transect in order to sample a Saharan dust deposition event, thanks to a dedicated strategy, so-called Fast Action. That was successful, providing, for the first time in our knowledge, a coupled atmospheric and oceanographic sampling before, during and after an atmospheric deposition event. Atmospheric and marine in situ observations and process studies have been conducted in contrasted area and we summarize the work performed at sea, the type of data acquired and their valorization in the papers published in the special issue. PY 2020 SO Biogeosciences SN 1726-4189 PU Copernicus GmbH VL 17 IS 22 DI 10.5194/bg-2020-44 ID 72340 ER EF