This project was a hydrographic section at latitude 24°N, with physical, chemical and biological measurements. The section was a complete section from continent to continent from North America (Caribbean) to Africa (off the coast of the Western Sahara). The section started and ended in 200 metres water depth, at the edge of the continental shelf. This was a contribution to the international CLIVAR/Carbon repeat hydrography program (http://ioc3.unesco.org/ioccp/Hydrography/New_GlobalMap.html). Climate change will be studied by comparing the new data with historical measurements. Ocean heat transport plays a major role in the coupled ocean-atmosphere climate system. We will study the present-day circulation by calculating the heat and freshwater transported by the ocean across the 24°N latitude. The ocean western boundary current system, in this case the Gulf Stream flowing through the Florida Strait, plays a crucial role in the oceanic heat transport. Therefore a crossing of the Florida Strait will be carried out to establish the status of this important ocean feature. All data arising from the cruise will be lodged and made available via the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC), UK.
Weekly cruise to monitorize physical and chemical variables in Rías Altas (Galicia)
Weekly cruise to monitorize physical and chemical variables in Rías Altas (Galicia)
Weekly cruise to monitorize physical and chemical variables in Rías Altas (Galicia)
Weekly cruise to monitorize physical and chemical variables in Rías Altas (Galicia)
Weekly cruise to monitorize physical and chemical variables in Rías Altas (Galicia)
Weekly cruise to monitorize physical and chemical variables in Rías Altas (Galicia)
Weekly cruise to monitorize physical and chemical variables in Rias Baixas (Galicia)
Weekly cruise to monitorize physical and chemical variables in Rias Baixas (Galicia)
Weekly cruise to monitorize physical and chemical variables in Rias Baixas (Galicia)