round table session #2: ps2b
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Round table session #2: PS2b. PS2b aims at better defining : TT04 : Sounding the ocean Partially TTO5 : Measuring air-sea fluxes Partially TTO6 : Measuring land-sea fluxes. Main objectives : Define the instruments that need to be deployed in sites/supersites or the research platforms needed - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Round table session #2: PS2bPS2b
PS2b aims at better defining : TT04 : Sounding the ocean Partially TTO5 : Measuring air-sea fluxes Partially TTO6 : Measuring land-sea fluxes
Main objectives : Define the instruments that need to be deployed in
sites/supersites or the research platforms needed For each instrument/platform :
Describe the scientific aims Describe how it includes in the overall program strategy Identify the groups/persons in charge of deployment
Establish a priority list Gather information about funding collected
Discussion about the SOP HYMEReX (30 mn)
Scientific issues
(Sub-) Méso-scale eddies Oceanic deep convection OA boundary layer heat budgets Ocean mixed layer salt budget Water masses circulation ...
Oceanic deep convection
Needs : Network of CTD profiles (SOP, EOP) Time-series of CTD profiles (moored mode) completed in
the upper layer by CTDs under a surface buoy (SOP-EOP-LOP)
Dedicated CTDs transects : chimney (SOP), cross-basin (EOP/LOP)
Autonomous float measuring the vertical velocities : Pegasus float, Gascard stuff, gliders in mooring mode ? + moored fixed current profilers (ADCP)
Time series of deep moored CTDs (LOP, Hydrochanges) Time series of SST/SSS along transects from ships of
opportunity + XBTs (MOON-MyOcean contribution) ARGO profilers (+ wider applications) (EOP, LOP)
Oceanic deep convection
(°C)
S
(kg.m-3)
~12.89
~ 38.49
> 29.12
2007 2008
~ 12.87
~ 38.48
< 29.12
CENTRE OF CONVECTION ZONE (42°N 5°E)2300 m
2- 2333m
3- 2468m
4- 2218m
5- 2473m
6- 2362m
7- 2473m
Variations/variabilité de la température qqm au dessus du fond !
Apr. 06 Mar. 07
0.1°C
0.1°C
0.1°C
0.1°C
0.1°C
0.1°C
OA boundary layer heat budgets
Needs : ~20 marisondes (drifting buoys equipped with
thermistors chain (SOP) Moored surface buoys (SOP, EOP, LOP ?)
TurbulentTurbulent heat fluxes estimated using bulk formulae together with meteo-oceanic parameters (wind speed, T, Hu, SLP, SST)
RadiativeRadiative heat fluxes (longwave, shortwave)
Shipborne mast (SOP, EOP/LOP on SOO) TurbulentTurbulent heat fluxes deduced from turbulence measurements
(IDM, ECM) RadiativeRadiative heat fluxes (longwave, shortwave)
XBTs/UCTD transects (heavy rain events)
OA boundary layer heat budgets(heavy rain events)
XBTs, U-CTDs
OA boundary layer heat budgets(TRANSMED potential network)
Ocean mixed layer salt budget
Needs : SVP-BS : drifting buoys equipped with
thermistors, Barometer and Salinity (SOP, EOP) On moored buoys: CTD measurements +100s m
(SOP, EOP)
Water masses circulation
Needs : Currentmeter moorings in the DWF (SOP) Deep moored CTDs (increase the number of
moorings, esp: E. Balearic, Sardinia, ..., Eastern Basin) (SOP, EOP, LOP)
Periodic (~1/year) CTD transects (down to the bottom)
Water masses circulationCTD transects, ~1/year
?
(Sub-) Méso-scale eddies
Document the (sub-) meso-scale eddies in order to quantify their role in the subduction of water masses (below the mixed layer)
Needs : Tow-yo (seasoar, U-CTD) T/S transects (SOP)
HYMEReX network (SOP)
closure area stations (31)
network stations (249)
--- 200m
--- 1000m
Sudden increase of and S in late January 2005
Drop in early March 2005, a few days after intensification of shelf-cascading reported by (Canals et al, 2006)
New stable characteristicsabove the initial ones
Font J., Puig P., Salat J., Palanques A. and Emelianov M., 2007. Sequence of changes in the NW Mediterranean deep water due to the exceptional winter 2005.
Sci. Mar., 71(2), 339-346.