MedFlux

Cruises - Tethys II

March 3-5, 2003

MedFlux March Tethys Cruise Plan
       
Time
03-Mar-03
04-Mar-03
05-Mar-03
 
Nice
at sea
at sea
       
06:00   leave Nice loading of CTD-Rosette and Engineer
07:00     leave Nice
08:00 reception of UW boxes    
09:00 anchor delivery arrival at mooring station  
10:00 loading of MEL material *start mooring deployment  
11:00     arrival at mooring station
12:00     *start third in-situ pump cast
13:00   *end mooring deployment (lower four depths)
14:00 all day at the port for preparation *start first in-situ pump cast *end third in-situ pump cast
15:00 and assembling of the mooring (upper four depths) *CTD-Rosette and water column sampling
16:00   *end first in-situ pump cast  
17:00   (pumps recharging)  
18:00   *test large net trap  
19:00   *start second in-situ pump cast *end water column work
20:00   (middle four depths) return to Nice
21:00   *end second in-situ pump cast  
22:00   return to Nice  
23:00   (pumps recharging)  
00:00      
01:00   arrival to Nice arrival to Nice
02:00      
  - The third pump cast can eventually be done at the end of the second day
  before returning to Nice to pick-up the CTD and the Engineer
  - If time sufficient another pump cast can be considered