ZEE-2017 Cruise, RV Hespérides

Abstract

ZEE-2017 Cruise (29HE20170612) carried out on the Research Vessel Hespérides in 2017Oceanographic cruise of the Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone 2017 in waters of the Canary Archipelago. Objectives: - The systematic bathymetric survey of designated areas with full exploration of the background, using multibeam probes. - The systematic collection of gravimetry and magnetometry data and of acoustic profiles of the marine subsoil structure. The Obtaining this data will be secondary and always prioritizing the multibeam bathymetry from the previous section. - The systematic collection of oceanographic data and complementary environmental - Vertical Profiles of Celerity of Sound, through XBT Batitermographs, - Meteorological Data, through instrumentation of the Weather Station, -Surface temperature and salinity data, through Thermosalinograph equipment, - Current data in the surface layers through acoustic current meters ADC