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C-SWOT 2023: Observing the water column with two measuring devices

In the ocean, the water column is characterized by many parameters such as density, temperature, salinity, number of particles or chlorophyll, pressure... All these parameters are modulated by local currents. Therefore, it is necessary to collect data at certain fixed positions to study the properties of the water column. For this purpose, two specific measuring devices have been deployed at common locations to collect information on the water column.

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SWOTALIS blog: Measuring dissipation…This is patience

Clément Vic speaks about internal tides and how they are being mesured in the SWOTALIS campaign.

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C-SWOT-2023: Joining R/V Tethys II for common transects under SWOT swath

On Tuesday March 29th, the R/V Tethys II joined the C-SWOT campaign and will provide measurements in parallel with R/V Atalante until the end of the cruise.

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Preliminary images of SWOT-derived sea surface height and sigma0 now available also for the Lofoten Basin and Abrolhos Banks

Earlier in April, SWOT Project Teams released some preliminary images of SWOT-derived sea surface height and sigma0 for the Western Mediterranean Sea, California, Cape Basin Crossover and New Caledonia crossovers. Now, preliminary images are also available for the Lofoten Vortex crossover in the Norwegian Sea and SWOT swath over the Abrolhos Banks, Brasil.

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SWOTALIS blog: Observing internal tides

Ready for some scientific objectives and preliminary results?

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BioSWOT-Med blog: The new ocean glider has arrived!

The new ocean glider SEA090 was delivered today at MIO! It will be used for the first time in the BioSWOT-Med campaign.

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SWOTALIS blog: the Southwestern Tropical Pacific is calling!

Hello from the R/V Antea, the Southwestern Tropical Pacific is calling! The second out of three legs has successfully started and after a short transit from Nouméa (New Caledonia) in rough sea conditions, we are currently just south of the main island in our study region beneath the SWOT fast-sampling trajectory. The weather has calmed down, so we are set to begin our measurements!

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QUICCHE blog: Round the southernmost tip off Africa

Credit: Isabelle Giddy. By Isabelle Giddy Round the southernmost tip off Africa. We’ve won, we’ve lost, we’ve learnt, we’ve discovered. Withstood swells and currents worthy of their reputation. Upon seemingly a lone royal blue spec heaving in the middle of the Cape Cauldron, Less a lonely storm petrel to be seen, fluorescent pyrosome, light-addicted squid The dark moonless nights beam, reminder that somewhere SWOT is circling, watching. We have gathered in our watches, tirelessly, happily for the

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C-SWOT-2023: SeaSoar measurement aborted by a Mistral blow, but nice acoustic transect !

On Saturday March 26th, the R/V L’Atalante started a first transect of the Gulf of Lion, from Marseille to Menorca. The plan was to deploy a towed instrument, the SeaSoar, together with acoustic Doppler velocimeters on the ship. The SeaSoar is equipped with Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) probes. Mechanically, it is able to tilt its wings to dive up and down profiling the water column up to 400m depth. The data are collected in real time through

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QUICCHE blog: What a truly beautiful place the ocean can be!

Greetings from the R/V Roger Revelle! I’m Will Stewart, a first-year PhD student at Bangor University on this ship as a part of the QUICCHE team. Unlike most others on the team, my usual research concerns the Arctic, so I don’t have as defined a role as many other people; instead, I help out where I can, especially with the Vertical Microstructure Profiler (VMP) and microplastic sampling taken from the CTD casts. It’s certainly been

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