Transit.
Hydrography and physical oceanography cruise for the French Navy's hydrographic and oceanographic service (SHOM).
SHOM cruise between Falmouth and Brest
SHOM oceanographic cruise
Transit.
SHOM cruise
Transit.
SHOM cruise between Brest and Vigo
SHOM cruise
<p>The Protevs Med 2017 campaign aimed to explore the area of the northern Balearic front and the southern edge of the convection area of the north western basin at the end of winter when convection events are most likely. Sampling to target small mesoscale structures detectable by altimetry but also even smaller structures that did not sign on altimetry.</p> <p>A particular focus was placed on an anticyclonic structure in the southern Balearic Islands that is systematically detectable by altimetry but which appears to be an artifact.</p> <p>Finally, the edge of the Catalan shelf was explored at high resolution.</p>