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/SISMER  edmedAlmofront.rtf-1/5 DATA SET SUMMARY (EDMED)   Project : ALMOFRONT 2 Data set name : ALMOFRONT 2.......................... CRUISE OR MOORING : CRUISE LABORATORY in charge of : Laboratoire d’Océanographie Biologique et Ecologie du Plancton marin      LOBEPM BP 28 06234 Villefranche/mer FRANCE   DOMAINS/KEYWORDS :   PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY  ex :  SUBSURFACE HYDROGRAPHY (T,S) CURRENTS, DRIFT, DISPERSION SURFACE HYDROGRAPHY (EG T,S) OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF SEA WATER    INORGANIC CHEMISTRY  DISSOLVED GASES   NUTRIENTS   RADIO-ISOTOPES   MARINE BIOLOGY BENTHOS  ORGANIC/BIO-CHEMISTRY  MARINE BIOLOGY  BULK CHEMISTY (EG PH, TCO2)  PRODUCTIVITY, BIOMASS  PIGMENTS (EG CHLOROPHYLL), LIGHT  PLANKTON  FISHES  DEEP SEA ECOLOGY/FAUNA  MICROBIOLOGY    OTHER DATA MARINE SNOW Particles CTD Fluorometer & Nephelometer  TIME-PERIOD :  December 97 – January 98 GEOGRAPHIC-COVERAGE : Alboran Sea  MEASUREMENT TYPE  : (W   P   F   S   O   B)  W: sea water P : water column particles F : settling particles near the sediment  S : sediment O : pore water  OBSERVED PARAMETERS :  (units have to be consistent with the International System of Units described in the project Data Manual)  Files *.TT2 :  NAME UNIT FORMAT pressure  Decibars Scientific temperature  Degrees   salinity*  PSU  Density*  Kg/m3  nephelometre  FTU  fluorometre Relative unit  particles  concentration (particles >= 480 µm) N°/litre  ESD* mean (MSDP) (particles >= 480 µm) mm  ESD* median (particles >= 480 µm) mm  Bio volume of particles* (particles >= 480 µm) (VQCP) ppm  Carbon Weight* (Dry Weight x 0.2 Aldredge 1988) (particles >= 480 µm) µgC/l     * calculated  values  /SISMER  edmedAlmofront.rtf-2/5 Files *.His :  NAME UNIT FORMAT Volume of analysed sea water  liter Scientific Depth of sample  Dbars  # particles 3 pixels surface (92 µm ESD)   # particles 4 pixels surface   # particles 5 pixels surface   ……   # particles 150 pixels surface    Usefull equations :  y = 0.02x1.137 x = Surface (pixels) Y = Surface (mm²)  NSTRUMENTS (separate forms to describe the instruments) : Underwater Video Profiler ( U.V.P. 3)  DESCRIPTION & OBJECTIVES :  VOLUME/NUMBER OF PROFILES :56 ( CTD total)  40 ( CTD+particles)  RESPONSIBLE SCIENTIST : GORSKY Gabriel Tel :    04 93 76 38 16                                                                         Fax : 04 93 76 38 34 Email : gorsky@ccrv.obs-vlfr.fr BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES (METHODOLOGY) :  Alldredge, A. L. (1979) The chemical composition of macroscopic aggregates in two neritic seas. Limonoly Oceanography, 24(5) : 855-866.  Alldredge, A. L. and M. W. Silver (1988) Characteristics, Dynamics and significance of marine snow. Progress in Oceanography, 20 : 41-82.  Chester, R. and H. Stoner (1974) The distribution of particulate organic carbon and nitrogen in some surface waters of the world ocean. Marine chemistry, 2 : 263-275.  Gorsky, G., Aldorf, C., Picheral, M., Kage, M., Garcia,Y. and J. Favole (1992) Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates determined by a new Underwater Video Profiler. Ann. Inst. oceanogr., Paris, 68 (1-2): 275-280.  Gorsky, G., Picheral, M. and L. Stemmann (in press) Use of the Underwater Video Profiler for the Study of Aggregate Dynamics in the North Mediterranean. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science.  Picheral, M., Grisoni, J-M., Stemmann, L. and G. Gorsky (1998) Underwater Video Profiler for the "in situ" study of suspended particulate matter. OCEANS 98, 28 September- 1 October, IEEE/OES conference, Nice,  p. 171-174.  Picheral, M., Stemmann. L. et G. Gorsky (1995) Système multiparamètrique pour la mesure et la quantification de la matière particulaire en suspension dans la colonne d'eau. 3e Colloque Européen Des Capteurs pour l'Environnement, Grenoble, 30-31 Mars 1995. pp. 162-165.  Stemmann, L. (1998) Analyse spatio-temporelle de la matière particulaire. Thèse Doctorale, Université Paris 6, pp 178.  Stemmann, L., Picheral, M. and G. Gorsky. (in press) Diel changes in the vertical distribution of suspended particulate matter in the NW Mediterranean Sea investigated with the Underwater Video Profiler. Deep-Sea Research.           /SISMER  edmedAlmofront.rtf-3/5 TO RETURN TO   ARCHIVING CENTER : WESTERN BASIN  ADRIATIC/IONIAN/Sicily Straits EASTERN BASIN  ê IFREMER/SISMER ê OGS ê NCRM/HNODC  INSTRUMENT/METHOD .....Optical & CTD sensors.. IDENTIFIER : (given by the data center) NAME : Underwater Video Profiler 3 (U.V.P.3).......................................   PROJECT:MTP II-MATER Description of the main instruments/methods used at sea and in the laboratory during the project MTP II-MATER.  Examples : CTD, Current meter, salinometer, sediment trap, spectrometer ...  LABORATORY (Owner of the instrument or who performs the method ):  Laboratoire d’Océanographie Biologique et Ecologie du Plancton Marin (LOBEPM) .............................. .................................................................................................................................................................................................... ................................ Address :   Station Zoologique  BP 28 06234 Villefranche sur mer.........................................................................................................................  Tel : 0493763816...........................Fax : 0493763834.............................  Email : Gorsky@ccrv.obs-vlfr.fr. CONTACT SCIENTIST : Gabriel GORSKY INSTRUMENT NAME (60) : Underwater Video Profiler III (U.V.P.III) .......................................................................  MANUFACTURER (60) : LOBEPM .....................................................................................................................  MANUFACTURING DATE (10) : June 1996 .......................................................................................................  SERIAL NUMBER (20) : CTD S/N 1539..............................................................................................................  DESCRIPTION  (240) : Version 3 of the UVP. Built for the study of MARINE SNOW and ZOOPLANKTON. Coupled with SBE19 pumped CTD and Chelsea Fluorometer and Nephelometer.    ....................................................................................................................................................................  TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS (240) : 1000 m operational depth / 2 CCD B&W cameras (12 & 6 mm lenses) / In situ recordings at 25 Hz.......  Marine snow mode with structured strobes lights : 1.33 & 6.51 litres analysed volume per image for ..... ................................300 & 240 µm ESD detection limits. (>480 & >460 µm available data set.) Zooplankton mode with continuous 400 W spots : viewed surface : 425 x 325 mm at 500 mm from the lenses. Time synchronisation with CTD. See SBE for SBE19 probe characteristics (  http://www.seabird.com/  ) /SISMER  edmedAlmofront.rtf-4/5 See Chelsea for Aquatracka Nephelometer & Fluorometer characteristics ( http://www.chelsea.co.uk / )................................COMMENTS (120)  INSTRUMENT TYPE (circle the main type) : In situ Sensor (default) Transmitter/Receiver On board recorder  Drifter Towed platform Expendable sensor  OTHER ATTACHED EQUIPEMENT (in case of complex multi sensor:Paltform equipment) (10) : DATE  (of updating this form) : 07-01-04  MEASURED PARAMETER 1 CALIBRATION DATE CRUISES COMMENTS Temperature S/N 1539 11-2-94  SBE Lab.  10-11-97  SBE Lab.      MEASURED PARAMETER 2 CALIBRATION DATE CRUISES COMMENTS Conductivity S/N 1539 11-2-94  SBE Lab.  10-11-97  SBE Lab.      MEASURED PARAMETER 3 CALIBRATION DATE CRUISES COMMENTS Pressure S/N 1539 11-2-94  SBE Lab.  10-11-97  SBE Lab.      MEASURED PARAMETER 4 CALIBRATION DATE CRUISES COMMENTS Nephelometer S/N 88/167 9-24-96  Chelsea Lab.      MEASURED PARAMETER 5 CALIBRATION DATE CRUISES COMMENTS Fluorometer S/N 88/2615/123 1-5-95  Chelsea Lab.      MEASURED PARAMETER 6 CALIBRATION DATE CRUISES COMMENTS 12 mm camera for particles > 480 µm 10/98  LOBEPM      MEASURED PARAMETER 7 CALIBRATION DATE CRUISES COMMENTS 6 mm camera for particles > 460 µm 10/98  LOBEPM     BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES (METHODOLOGY) :   Gorsky, G., Aldorf, C., Picheral, M., Kage, M., Garcia,Y. and J. Favole (1992) Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates determined by a new Underwater Video Profiler. Ann. Inst. oceanogr., Paris, 68 (1-2): 275-280.  Gorsky, G., Picheral, M. and L. Stemmann (in press) Use of the Underwater Video Profiler for the Study of Aggregate Dynamics in the North Mediterranean. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science.  Picheral, M., Grisoni, J-M., Stemmann, L. and G. Gorsky (1998) Underwater Video Profiler for the "in situ" study of suspended particulate matter. OCEANS 98, 28 September- 1 October, IEEE/OES conference, Nice,  p. 171-174.  /SISMER  edmedAlmofront.rtf-5/5 Picheral, M., Stemmann. L. et G. Gorsky (1995) Système multiparamètrique pour la mesure et la quantification de la matière particulaire en suspension dans la colonne d'eau. 3e Colloque Européen Des Capteurs pour l'Environnement, Grenoble, 30-31 Mars 1995. pp. 162-165.  Stemmann, L. (1998) Analyse spatio-temporelle de la matière particulaire. Thèse Doctorale, Université Paris 6, pp 178.  Stemmann, L., Picheral, M. and G. Gorsky. (in press) Diel changes in the vertical distribution of suspended particulate matter in the NW Mediterranean Sea investigated with the Underwater Video Profiler. Deep-Sea Research.    

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