Routine research vessel observations

Objectives

Research vessels are an underused capability of acquiring data in real-time; these vessels are doted of accurate equipments, good technicians and reliable transmission facility to shore. They often go in areas that are far from commercial transect and that are therefore often undersampled. At International level a program has started in 2002 GOSUD (Global Ocean Surface Underway Data) that coordinate data management of the data acquired but different countries. Mersea will be an European contribution to this program

For each country contributing to this activity,  new equipments have been installed on selected ships or existing material will be updated. Transmission capability have been evaluated on each selected ship. Transmission trials have been conducted and data are delivered to the project and to the partners through the In situ data management facilities. Evaluation of cruises and transects for XBT launches where MERSEA will complement programs at national level in done each year

In 2007 58 ships from Europe but also outside Europe had transmitted data to the Coriolis center. All data collected by these ships will be available through Coriolis Data Center. Contact point : coship@ifremer.fr

In France

Ship Name		Institute  &  Project		Data Type		Area of work		Ship schedule availability		Comment
Pourquoi Pas © Ifremer		Ifremer /Coriolis		XBT/TSG		Global Ocean		More		Routine acquisition
L'Atalante © Ifremer		Ifremer / Coriolis		XBT/TSG		Global ocean		More		Routine acquisition
Thalassa © Ifremer		Ifremer / Coriolis		XBT/TSG		North Atlantic		More		Routine acquisition
Le Suroit  © Ifremer		Ifremer / Coriolis		XBT/TSG		North East Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea, East Atlantic, African coasts		More		Routine acquisition
Le Beautemps Beaupré   © SHOM		SHOM / Coriolis		XBT/TSG		West African coasts, Iceland, North Atlantic, Acores, Canarias		On request		Routine acquisition
Le Borda © SHOM		SHOM		XBT/TSG				On request		Routine acquisition
Le Marion Dufresne  © G. Juin/IPEV		IPEV / Coriolis		XBT/TSG		Indian Ocean & Antartic		More
L'Astrolabe   © A. Fornet/IPEV		IPEV		XBT/TSG		Antartica		More		XBT from GTS & TSG in delay mode
Tethys  © CNRS/INSU		CNRS		ADCP		Occidental Mediterranean Sea		on request

In Germany

Ship Name		Institute  &  Project		Data Type		Area of work		Ship schedule availability		Comment
Alkor    ©  Ifm-Geomar		Ifm-Geomar / Mersea		XBT/TSG				More
Poseidon ©  Ifm-Geomar		Ifm-Geomar / Mersea		XBT/TSG				More
Die Sonne ©  BGR		BGR / Mersea		XBT/TSG				More
Meteor ©  Ifm-HH		Ifm-HH / Mersea		XBT/TSG				More
Polarstern ©  AWI		AWI / Mersea		XBT/TSG				More

In Spain

Ship Name		Institute  &  Project		Data Type		Area of work		Ship schedule availability		Comment
Cornide de Saavedra © IEO		IEO / Mersea		XBT/TSG		Iberian Peninsula		More

In United Kingdom

Ship Name		Institute  &  Project		Data Type		Area of work		Ship schedule availability		Comment
RRS Discovery ©  Nerc		NERC / Mersea		XBT/TSG		South Indian Ocean, South Atlantic, North East Atlantic		More
RRS Charles Darwin ©  Nerc		NERC / Mersea		XBT/TSG		North Atlantic, Celtic and Irish Seas		More
RRS James CLark Ross ©  Bas		BAS / Mersea		XBT/TSG		South Atlantic Wedel Sea, Greenland		More