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Field operations 2008-2013

Solomon Sea

• Solwara project page

• Climatological circulation from SADCP (Cravatte et al. 2011 in References)
  • Info page and data access
• Cruises
  • Flusec (2007; Data; P.I. C. Maes, IRD)
  • Pandora (July-August 2012; (INSU article) PI G. Eldin, IRD; co-PIs J. Sprintall, SIO, A. Ganachaud, IRD, S. Cravatte, IRD, C. Jeandel, CNRS)
  • RV Mirai 12-03 (P.I. Y. Kashino, JAMSTEC)
• Gliders
  • Honiara-Rossel: 2007-ongoing: SIO site; PIs R. Davis, SIO, W.Kessler, NOAA, L. Gourdeau, IRD
• Moorings in the Solomon Straits
  • Solwara/MoorSPICE programmes (2012-2014; PIs A. Ganachaud, IRD; J. Sprintall, SI)
  • R/V Mirail (2012-2014; PI T. Hasegawa, JAMSTEC)
• Heat transport monitoring system (PI U. Send, SIO)

Coral Sea

• Cruises
  • Pre-SPICE SECALIS series (2004-2006; PIs A. Ganachaud, L. Gourdeau, IRD)
    • Data Secalis-1
    • Data Secalis-2
    • Data Secalis-3
    • Data Secalis-4
  • JAMSTEC Cruise (P21 repeat; 17°S; 2009. Dr. Akihiko Murata)
  • SECARGO (northwest of New Caledonia; May 2010) P.I. C. Maes IRD.
  • SPRAYALIS Series (northwest of New Caledonia); associated with ECC mooring and glider deployment
  • SprayAlis-1 (Nov 2010) P.I. F. Durand IRD.
  • SprayAlis-2 (Oct 2011) P.I. F. Durand / J.-L. Fuda IRD.
  • SprayAlis-3 (Sept 2012) P.I. F. Marin IRD.
  • Bifurcation (NC to GBR where it bifurcates; P.I. C. Maes, IRD Data via Coriolis DC 09/2012, 16S-25S/143E-170E).
• Moorings
  • Q-IMOS moorings: data on IMOS server
  • SprayAlis mooring northeast of LIFOU Island (Oct 2010-Nov 2011) (Oct 2012-Nov 2013) P.I. F. Durand / J.-L. Fuda / F. Marin, IRD
• Gliders
  • Honiara-Nouméa (2005; 2006) SIO site PIs R. Davis, W.Kessler, L. Gourdeau
  • NQC/GPC: Q-IMOS (since 2010; PI C. Stainberg, AIMS)
  • Noumea-Lifou SprayAlis: (P.I. F. Durand)
• XBT/Argo
• XBT Noumea-Honiara; SECARGO project; PI C. Maes, IRD
• XBT Brisbane-Yokohama (PX05) SIO; PI D. Roemmich
• Specific Argo releases: SECARGO project; PI C. Maes, IRD

Tasman Sea

• East Australia Circulation surface Drifter Programme (Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research; pdf description). PI G. Brassington
• HRXBT SIO, (see also IMOS site), PIs K. Ridgway, CSIRO, D. Roemmich, UCSD

• Gliders:
  • off Maria Island, Tasmania (Q-IMOS site; PI K. Ridgway, CSIRO)
  • off New South Wales
• Mooring Array off Brisbane (Since 2012; IMOS; PIs B. Sloyan/K. Ridgway, CSIRO)

Cross-Basin

• HRXBT Brisbane-Solomon Strait-Yokohama (PX05)

Links

• IMOS-Data access-Bluewater and climate; Q-IMOS; NSW
• Australian Ocean Data Network portal (AODN)