BUSCADOR RECOLECTA

FRAME-MCS Cruise (29GD20180708) carried out on the Research Vessel García del Cid in 2018, For the deployment of the 6 km-long streamer and operations during the entire cruise, the R/V Sarmiento de Gamboa will have the help of the auxiliary R/V Garcia del Cid. The tasks of the auxiliary boat are thus only to help on the different maneuvers and safety of instrumentation. The auxiliary boat will not collect any scientific data

AZORES-2 Cruise (29HE19990406) carried out on the Research Vessel Hespérides in 1999, Canarias Azores Gibraltar Observations (CANIGO). The objective of the campaign will be to quantify the role of the subtropical front in the carbon fluxes from the atmosphere to the ocean and from upper layers of these to layers below the pycnocline, in relation to the oceanic dynamics of the area. Specific objectives: 1) Determine the processes of subtropical formation and the general circulation of water masses in the study area. Study of the mesoscale hydrographic processes related to the STF. 2) Determine the patterns of stratification of the water column to the north and south of the subtropical front and the influence of the structure of the Azores-subtropical current on the enrichment of the surface layers. 3) Determine the CO2 exchange rates between the ocean and the atmosphere in the study area and its relationship with hydrography. 4) Determination of photosynthetic activity of phytoplankton, the rates of production of dissolved organic carbon (COD) and the consumption of this through bacteria, as well as its relationship with the enrichment processes of the superficial layers of the column of water or the stratification thereof.5) Determine the effect of zooplankton on the fluxes of matter towards deep layers and its relationship with primary production and hydrography. 6) Determine the flow of matter below the photic layer and / or pycnocline, and the composition of these materials, as a general estimate of the biological activity in the vertical flow in different hydrographic and biological situations. 7) Determination of bio-optical parameters that allow the generation of interpretative models of the biological processes related to the flow of carbon through remote sensing

ZEE-2000 Cruise (29HE20000906) carried out on the Research Vessel Hespérides in 2000, Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone cruise 2000. Hydrography-oceanography research Plan of the Exclusive Spanish Economic Zone

TOM-TEIDEVS Cruise (29HE20070116) carried out on the Research Vessel Hespérides in 2007, The TOM-TEIDEVS project is an active seismic experiment carried out on the volcanic Island of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, to study the internal structure of Teide Volcano. The multinational experiment involved institutes from Spain, United Kingdom, Italy, Ireland and Mexico. The main objective of TOM-TEIDEVS is to obtain a 3-D structural image of Teide Volcano using seismic tomography, seismic reflection/refraction, and receiver function imaging techniques. During the active seismic experiment in January 2007 more than 6,500 air gun shots were recorded on a dense local seismic network consisting of 150 independent seismic stations

SCAN-2008 Cruise (29HE20080125) carried out on the Research Vessel Hespérides in 2008, SCAN-DRAKE : Evolution of ocean basins, paleoceanography and global change, Weddell and Scotia Seas (Antarctica). It is a seismic project to be carried out in the Scotia Sea (North Elephant Island) and North of the Wedell Sea (between the South Orkney Islands and the Islands, using multibeam bathymetry, dredged samples and seismic reflection

ESPOR Cruise (29HE20081101) carried out on the Research Vessel Hespérides in 2008, ESPOR( ESpaña-PORtugal) Joint Scientific Study of Spain and Portugal for the Extension of the Continental Shelf in the margin of Galicia Bank, in accordance with Article 76 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Ocean Bottom Sismograph deployment (OBS), parametric probe TOPAS and gravimetry, EM120 multibeam echosounder

MOC-AUSTRAL Cruise (29HE20100208) carried out on the Research Vessel Hespérides in 2010, MOC "Oceanic Memory of the Climate: Intermediate water flow and its transformation into surface waters in the Equatorial Atlantic"

MALASPINA_LEG5 Cruise (29HE20110416) carried out on the Research Vessel Hespérides in 2011, A circumnavigation oceanographic expedition to generate a high resolution inventory of global change impact on the ecosystem of the ocean, researching its biodiversity in the deep. 1) PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY: The main objective of the Physical Oceanography block is to contribute to understanding the oceanic variability by determining the trends of the different properties of the main bodies of water in the oceans, such as temperature, salinity and oxygen concentration, thus will allow us to determine the variation of atmospheric conditions. 2) BIOCHEMISTRY: The MALASPINA 2010 expedition will study on an unprecedented scale the biogeochemical processes in the ocean on a global scale. It will be investigated where the elements that contribute to life near the surface come from, and what is the fate of the organic matter generated by photosynthesis . The breath of the sea will be measured: the exhalation of gases that conditions our atmosphere and climate. 3) ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION: The objectives of block : "organic pollutants and atmospheric deposition" focus on the measurements of the levels of several families of organic pollutants in the global ocean and atmosphere and the quantification of air-ocean flows and their impact on food chains planktonics (phytoplankton and zooplankton). In addition, a characterization and quantification of the flows of organic carbon, aerosols, nutrients and organic biogenic compounds, and the role they play in the ocean biogeochemical cycles will also be carried out. 4) OCEAN OPTICS: In the Malaspina expedition we are going to study the optics of the ocean that involves measuring mainly the color of water and its transparency to solar radiation. 5) BIODIVERSITY AND MICROBIAL PROCESSES: Our main objective is to investigate, to know, what microorganisms are found and how they are acting in the different oceans of the planet, placing special emphasis on the vast and practically unknown deep ocean. 6) ZOOPLANKTON: The objective of this thematic block is to assess the diversity and efficiency of the energy transfer of the ocean zooplankton community on a global scale. 7) PHYTOPLANKTON AND BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION: Quantify how solar radiation is transmitted through the water column. The behavior of the photosynthetically active light band, which includes visible light of wavelengths between 400 and 700, and of bands of light in the ultraviolet zone will be studied separately. Quantify the magnitude of the organic matter (in particulate and dissolved form) synthesized by the photosynthetic phytoplankton (the so-called primary production or PP), Quantify the carbon consumed by the respiration of the pelagic community, from the surface to the deepest levels of the water column) and compare it with the PP of the different areas visited, - Study the structure of sizes and the distribution by groups of the phytoplankton communities, Evaluate how phytoplankton growth rates vary in response to changes in PAR intensity, ultraviolet radiation and temperature, Estimate the losses due to cell death 8) POPULAR SCIENCE: The Malaspina project has among its objectives to inform society about the impact of global change on the ocean and new opportunities to explore marine biodiversity, increase social awareness of the original Malaspina expedition and encourage scientific vocations among young people 9) STUDENT TRAINING: The Malaspina 2010 project aims to promote scientific vocations among our young people by providing a highly visible activity that will combine aspects of frontier research with an adventure component and attractive teamwork as a training framework. Six universities (U. de Barcelona, ​​U. de Granada, U. de Oviedo, U. de Cádiz, U. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and U. Internacional Menéndez Pelayo and the CSIC) have come together to offer a common module in their postgraduate programs that will offer students the opportunity to participate in the Malaspina Expedition to develop their postgraduate project

PEGASO Cruise (29HE20150102) carried out on the Research Vessel Hespérides in 2015, The main objective is to investigate the planktonic production of aerosol forming substances, mainly trace gases, microgels and biological particles. The study regions will be South Georgia and Weddell Sea, in the Southern Ocean (Antarctica). Both zones have abundant proliferations of plankton, each of which will be studied through Lagrangian monitoring (drifting buoys), entry and exit of the bloom, and intense experiments in 48-hour cycles. Biological, chemical and physical variables will be measured in the surface ocean and in the atmosphere

ZEE-2018 Cruise (29HE20180529) carried out on the Research Vessel Hespérides in 2018, The ZEE-2018 campaign has as a specific priority, the study of the Exclusive Spanish Economy Zone South of the Canary Islands. Specific objectives: - The systematic bathymetric survey of designated areas with full exploration of the fund, using multibeam probes. - The systematic collection of gravimetry and magnetometry data and of acoustic profiles of the marine subsoil structure. - The systematic collection of oceanographic data and complementary environmental - Vertical Profiles of Celerity of Sound, through Bathtthermographs XBT - Meteorological Data, through instrumentation of the Weather Station -Surface temperature and salinity data, through Thermosalinograph equipment - Current data in the surface layers through acoustic current meters ADCP