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OTHER
CRUISES
These cruises are "on-demand" short interventions on the buoy site, needed to ensure a proper functioning of the buoy instrumentation (verifications, repairs, data download etc...). They are not programmed well in advance and are organized on short notice.
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Cruise
dates |
Ship |
Comments |
Cruise
Report or pictures |
| 2000 |
Cruise 1 |
R/V Téthys-II |
Determination of the water depth on site |
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Cruise 2 |
R/V Téthys-II |
idem |
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Cruise 3 |
R/V Téthys-II |
A cruise of the Dyfamed program during which some pictures were taken |
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| Cruise 4 |
R/V Georges Petit |
Verification cruise |
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| 2002 |
| Cruise 5, march |
GG-IX |
Attempt to locate the mooring line |
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| Cruise 6 , 27 may |
Helicopter |
Verification of the buoy behavior |
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Cruise 7, 29 may |
Téthys-II |
Verification of the buoy behavior |
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| Cruise 8, 10 june |
Maï-Maï 2 |
Attempt to add buoyancy to the buoy |
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| 2003 |
| Cruise 9 , 13 september |
Nika-III |
Verification of the buoy behavior; diving |
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| Cruise 10, 6 november |
GG-IX |
Radiometer rotation |
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| Cruise 11, 20 november |
Helicopter |
Verification of the buoy behavior |
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| 2004 |
| Cruise 12, 9 March |
R/V Téthys-II |
Testing the buoy communication system |
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| Cruise 13, 11 march |
R/V Téthys-II |
Buoy cap repairs |
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| Cruise 14, 11 may |
GG-IX |
Main buoy computer rotation |
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| Cruise 15, 21 may |
Sacanagem |
Overall check of the buoy; a solar panel is broken |
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| Cruise 16, 17 june |
Sacanagem |
Overall check and sensor cleaning |
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| Cruise 17, 1 August |
GG-IX |
Repairs and exchange of faulty instruments |
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| Cruise 18, 25 august |
Helicopter |
Verification of the buoy behavior |
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| Cruise 19, 2 september |
Nika-III |
Instrument rotation and cleaning |
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| 2005 |
| Cruise 20, january |
Maï-Maï 2 |
Unsuccessful attempt to recover the buoy data |
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| Cruise 21, 18 february |
GG-IX |
Main buoy computer rotation |
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| Cruise 22, 11 march |
GG-IX |
Unsuccessful a ttempt to intervene (currents are too strong) |
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| Cruise 23, 19 march |
GG-IX |
Changing some damaged cables |
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| Cruise 24, 10 may |
GG-IX |
Sensors cleaning |
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| Cruise 25, 22 june |
GG-IX |
Exchange of the faulty CLC (charge load controller) + sensors cleaning |
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| 2006 |
| Cruise 26, July 31 |
Prosper, Mare Nostrum |
Sensors cleaning and overall check |
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| Cruise 27, August 18 |
Prosper, Mare Nostrum |
Sensors cleaning and overall check |
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| Cruise 28, September 20 |
Mare Nostrum |
Sensors cleaning and overall check |
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| Cruise 29, October 23 |
Mare Nostrum |
Sensors cleaning and overall check |
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| Cruise 30, December 26 |
Mare Nostrum |
Sensors cleaning and overall check |
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| 2007 |
| Cruise 31, January 15 |
Mare Nostrum |
Sensors cleaning and overall check |
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Cruise 32, March 5 |
Mare Nostrum |
Sensors cleaning and overall check |
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Cruise 33, April X |
Mare Nostrum |
Sensors cleaning and overall check |
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Cruise 34, May 7 |
Mare Nostrum |
Sensors cleaning and overall check |
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| Cruise 35, May 25 |
Ship rental |
Unsuccessful attempt to restart the buoy computer (off since may 22) |
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| Cruise 36, June 10 |
Ship rental |
Successful restart of the buoy computer |
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| Cruise 37, July 6 |
Mare Nostrum |
Sensors cleaning and overall check |
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| Cruise 38, August 6 |
Mare Nostrum |
Sensors cleaning and overall check |
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| Cruise 38b, October 18 |
Abyss |
DacNET revision/exchange |
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| Cruise 39, November 30 |
Mare Nostrum |
Sensors cleaning and overall check |
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| 2008 |
| Cruise 40, January 10 |
Kelly (Abyss) |
Unsuccessful attempt to change a solar panel and an OCP (the buoy was submerged) |
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| Cruise 41, January 17 |
HDF (Helicopter) |
Verification of the buoy status |
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| Cruise 42, August 4 |
Mare Nostrum |
Sensors cleaning and overall check |
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| Cruise 43, September 29 |
Mare Nostrum |
Sensors cleaning and overall check |
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| Cruise 44, December 9 |
Lollipop (Dark Pelican) |
Computer microdrive change, sensors cleaning, hydrophone installation |
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| 2009 |
| Cruise 45, January 5 |
Mare Nostrum |
Sensors cleaning and overall check |
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| Cruise 46, February 19 |
Lollipop (Dark Pelican) |
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| Cruise 47, March 2 |
Mare Nostrum |
Sensors cleaning and overall check |
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Cruise 48, May 4 |
Mare Nostrum |
Sensors cleaning and overall check |
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| Cruise 49, May 29 |
Lollipop (Dark Pelican) |
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| Cruise 50, June 30 |
Lollipop (Dark Pelican) |
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| Cruise 51, August 5 |
Mare Nostrum |
Sensors cleaning and overall check |
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| Cruise 52, August 14 |
Tethys-II |
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| Cruise 53, August 25 |
Mare Nostrum |
Sensors cleaning and overall check |
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| Cruise 54, September 2 |
Lollipop (Dark Pelican) |
Restart of the buoy computer |
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| Cruise 55, September 28 |
Lollipop (Dark Pelican) |
Restart of the buoy computer + recovery of some parts to be used for another buoy |
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| Cruise 56, November 1 |
Unknown fishing boat (Bordighera) |
Microdrive exchange |
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| 2010 |
| Cruise 57, January 12 |
Pavo Alto, Abyss, Antibes |
Unplugging stor-X module |
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| Cruise 58, March 23 |
Lollipop (Dark Pelican) |
Buoy computer reboot |
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| Cruise 59, April 6 |
Lollipop (Dark Pelican) |
Computer (Dacnet) reinstallation |
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| Cruise 60, May 21 |
Lollipop (Dark Pelican) |
Exchange of the OCP at 4m |
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| Cruise 61, June 28 |
Lollipop (Dark Pelican) |
Exchange of the ARGOS beacon |
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| Cruise 62, July 28 |
Mare Nostrum |
Sensors cleaning and overall check |
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| Cruise 63, August 20 |
Lollipop (Dark Pelican) |
Exchange of the ARGOS beacon |
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| Cruise 64, September 23 |
Mare nostrum |
Sensors cleaning and overall check |
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| Cruise 65, October 28 |
Lollipop (Dark Pelican) |
Microdrive exchange |
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| 2011 |
| Cruise 66, February 25 |
Lollipop (Dark Pelican) |
Sensors cleaning, plus installation of a LISST sensor |
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| Cruise 67, April 18 |
Lollipop (Dark Pelican) |
Sensors cleaning, LISST data download and GSM test |
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| Cruise 68, June 29 |
Lollipop (Dark Pelican) |
Sensors cleaning |
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| Cruise 69, July 27 |
Kinka II |
Sensors cleaning |
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| Cruise 70, September 4 |
Mare Nostrum |
Sensors cleaning |
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| Cruise 71, October 4 |
Lollipop (Dark Pelican) |
Sensors cleaning |
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| Cruise 72, December 28 |
Mare Nostrum |
Sensors cleaning |
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| 2012 |
| Cruise 73, January 11 |
Kinka II |
Sensors cleaning, solar panels replacement, cable changes, DacNet check, data download |
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