Measuring surface salinity in the N. Atlantic subtropical gyre. The SPURS-MIDAS cruise, spring 2013
European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014 (EGU2014), 27 april - 2 may 2014, Vienna, Austria.-- 1 page SPURS-MIDAS (March-April 2013) on board the Spanish R/V Sarmiento de Gamboa was a contribution to SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper ocean Regional Study) focused on the processes respons...
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ftcsic:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/115159 2024-02-11T10:06:29+01:00 Measuring surface salinity in the N. Atlantic subtropical gyre. The SPURS-MIDAS cruise, spring 2013 Font, Jordi Ward, Brian Emelianov, Mikhail Morisset, Simon Salvador, Joaquín Busecke, Julius SPURS-MIDAS Team 2014-04-28 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/115159 unknown European Geosciences Union http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2014/posters/15292 Geophysical Research Abstracts 16: EGU2014-10558-1 (2014) http://hdl.handle.net/10261/115159 1607-7962 open póster de congreso http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6670 2014 ftcsic 2024-01-16T10:07:18Z European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014 (EGU2014), 27 april - 2 may 2014, Vienna, Austria.-- 1 page SPURS-MIDAS (March-April 2013) on board the Spanish R/V Sarmiento de Gamboa was a contribution to SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper ocean Regional Study) focused on the processes responsible for the formation and maintenance of the salinity maximum associated to the North Atlantic subtropical gyre. Scientists from Spain, Ireland, France and US sampled the mesoscale and submesoscale structures in the surface layer (fixed points and towed undulating CTD, underway near surface TSG) and deployed operational and experimental drifters and vertical profilers, plus additional ocean and atmospheric data collection. Validation of salinity maps obtained from the SMOS satellite was one of the objectives of the cruise. The cruise included a joint workplan and coordinated sampling with the US R/V Endeavor, with contribution from SPURS teams on land in real time data and analysis exchange. We present here an overview of the different kinds of measurements made during the cruise, as well as a first comparison between SMOS-derived sea surface salinity products and salinity maps obtained from near-surface sampling in the SPURS-MIDAS area and from surface drifters released during the cruise Peer Reviewed Still Image North Atlantic Digital.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council) Sarmiento ENVELOPE(-68.000,-68.000,-72.000,-72.000) |
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European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014 (EGU2014), 27 april - 2 may 2014, Vienna, Austria.-- 1 page SPURS-MIDAS (March-April 2013) on board the Spanish R/V Sarmiento de Gamboa was a contribution to SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper ocean Regional Study) focused on the processes responsible for the formation and maintenance of the salinity maximum associated to the North Atlantic subtropical gyre. Scientists from Spain, Ireland, France and US sampled the mesoscale and submesoscale structures in the surface layer (fixed points and towed undulating CTD, underway near surface TSG) and deployed operational and experimental drifters and vertical profilers, plus additional ocean and atmospheric data collection. Validation of salinity maps obtained from the SMOS satellite was one of the objectives of the cruise. The cruise included a joint workplan and coordinated sampling with the US R/V Endeavor, with contribution from SPURS teams on land in real time data and analysis exchange. We present here an overview of the different kinds of measurements made during the cruise, as well as a first comparison between SMOS-derived sea surface salinity products and salinity maps obtained from near-surface sampling in the SPURS-MIDAS area and from surface drifters released during the cruise Peer Reviewed |
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Font, Jordi Ward, Brian Emelianov, Mikhail Morisset, Simon Salvador, Joaquín Busecke, Julius SPURS-MIDAS Team Measuring surface salinity in the N. Atlantic subtropical gyre. The SPURS-MIDAS cruise, spring 2013 |
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Font, Jordi Ward, Brian Emelianov, Mikhail Morisset, Simon Salvador, Joaquín Busecke, Julius SPURS-MIDAS Team |
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Font, Jordi |
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Measuring surface salinity in the N. Atlantic subtropical gyre. The SPURS-MIDAS cruise, spring 2013 |
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Measuring surface salinity in the N. Atlantic subtropical gyre. The SPURS-MIDAS cruise, spring 2013 |
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Measuring surface salinity in the N. Atlantic subtropical gyre. The SPURS-MIDAS cruise, spring 2013 |
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Measuring surface salinity in the N. Atlantic subtropical gyre. The SPURS-MIDAS cruise, spring 2013 |
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Measuring surface salinity in the N. Atlantic subtropical gyre. The SPURS-MIDAS cruise, spring 2013 |
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measuring surface salinity in the n. atlantic subtropical gyre. the spurs-midas cruise, spring 2013 |
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European Geosciences Union |
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http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2014/posters/15292 Geophysical Research Abstracts 16: EGU2014-10558-1 (2014) http://hdl.handle.net/10261/115159 1607-7962 |
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