Dataset on the TIC-MOC cruise onboard the R/V Hespérides, March 2015, Brazil-Malvinas Confluence
Dorleta Orúe-Echevarría,
Josep L. Pelegrí,
Iván J. Alonso-González,
Verónica M. Benítez-Barrios,
Patricia De La Fuente,
Mikhail Emelianov,
Marc Gasser,
Carmen Herrero,
Jordi Isern-Fontanet,
Jesús Peña-Izquierdo,
Sergio Ramírez-Garrido,
Miquel Rosell-Fieschi,
Joaquín Salvador,
Martín Saraceno,
Daniel Valla,
Montserrat Vidal
Affiliations
Dorleta Orúe-Echevarría
Departament d’Oceanografia Física i Tecnológica, Institut de Ciències del Mar, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
Josep L. Pelegrí
Departament d’Oceanografia Física i Tecnológica, Institut de Ciències del Mar, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain; Corresponding author.
Iván J. Alonso-González
Oceomic, Marine Bio and Technology, S.L., Parque Tecnológico de Fuerteventura, Puerto del Rosario, Spain
Verónica M. Benítez-Barrios
Oceomic, Marine Bio and Technology, S.L., Parque Tecnológico de Fuerteventura, Puerto del Rosario, Spain
Patricia De La Fuente
Departament d’Oceanografia Física i Tecnológica, Institut de Ciències del Mar, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
Mikhail Emelianov
Departament d’Oceanografia Física i Tecnológica, Institut de Ciències del Mar, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
Marc Gasser
Departament d’Oceanografia Física i Tecnológica, Institut de Ciències del Mar, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
Carmen Herrero
Departament d’Oceanografia Física i Tecnológica, Institut de Ciències del Mar, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
Jordi Isern-Fontanet
Departament d’Oceanografia Física i Tecnológica, Institut de Ciències del Mar, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
Jesús Peña-Izquierdo
Departament d’Oceanografia Física i Tecnológica, Institut de Ciències del Mar, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
Sergio Ramírez-Garrido
Departament d’Oceanografia Física i Tecnológica, Institut de Ciències del Mar, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
Miquel Rosell-Fieschi
Departament d’Oceanografia Física i Tecnológica, Institut de Ciències del Mar, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
Joaquín Salvador
Departament d’Oceanografia Física i Tecnológica, Institut de Ciències del Mar, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
Martín Saraceno
Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera, UMI/IFAECI, CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Departamento de Oceanografía, Servicio de Hidrografía Naval, DCAO/FCEN/UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Daniel Valla
Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera, UMI/IFAECI, CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Departamento de Oceanografía, Servicio de Hidrografía Naval, DCAO/FCEN/UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Montserrat Vidal
Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
This oceanographic dataset was gathered during the TIC-MOC cruise, which was designed to characterize the dynamics of the Brazil-Malvinas Confluence. The cruise was carried on board the R/V Hespérides, with departure from Ushuaia and arrival to Salvador de Bahía. A total of 66 conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) stations were completed between 8 and 22 March 2015, offshore from the continental platform and within 45°S-35°S and 61°W-50°W. At each station, water samples were collected, which were used to calibrate the CTD salinity-oxygen sensors and to determine inorganic nutrient concentrations, and the horizontal current was measured. Along its track, the vessel recorded surface temperature and salinity, as well as the horizontal flow down to about 700 m. Lastly, eight position-transmitting drifters were launched and two profiling floats were deployed and later recovered.
