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AlborEx dataset (25-30 May 2014)

Creators

  • 1. University of Liège

Description

AlborEX (Alboran Sea Experiment) consisted of a multi-platform, multi-disciplinary experiment carried out in the Alboran Sea (Western Mediterranean Sea) between May 25 and 31, 2014. The observational component of AlborEx aimed to sample the physical and biogeochemical properties of oceanographic features present along an intense frontal zone, with a particular interest in the vertical motions in its vicinity. To this end, the mission included

  • 1 research vessel (66 profiles),
  • 2 underwater gliders (adding up 554 profiles),
  • 3 profiling floats,
  • 25 surface drifters.

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Funding

JERICO – TOWARDS A JOINT EUROPEAN RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK FOR COASTAL OBSERVATORIES 262584
European Commission
PERSEUS – Policy-oriented marine Environmental Research in the Southern EUropean Seas 287600
European Commission