BUSCADOR RECOLECTA

CRAC Cruise (29GD20000913) carried out on the Research Vessel García del Cid in 2000, The objective of the campaign is to make precise determinations of sea level using light buoys with GPS antennas at the time of the passage of the altimetric satellites ERS-2 and TOPEX / POSEIDON. As a complement, CTD stations will be made (without taking samples from water) and continuous radial with ADCP and Nu-Shuttle along some of the traces of these satellites

MIDAS-1 Cruise (29GD20011002) carried out on the Research Vessel García del Cid in 2001, Microwave radiometric measurements and development of algorithms for the SMOS mission.It involves anchoring 2 meteorological / oceanographic buoys and 2 measuring salinity buffers over a depth of 165 m. In addition, some salinity profiles must be realigned with the CTD probe. All this as a support to measurements with radiometers that will be carried out for 30 days from the CASABLANCA platform. The buoys must be collected after 35 days

MIDAS-2 Cruise (29GD20011124) carried out on the Research Vessel García del Cid in 2001, Microwave radiometric measurements and development of algorithms for the SMOS missionIt's about recovering the anchored buoys during Midas-1. In addition, some salinity profiles must be realigned with the CTD probe. All this as a support to measurements with radiometers that will be carried out for 30 days from the CASABLANCA platform

MFSTEP-1 Cruise (29GD20030922) carried out on the Research Vessel García del Cid in 2003, The objective of the campaign is to test 4 profiler buoys that should be ready (according to the work plan) 6 months after the start of the project. Test of a anchored mooring with correntimeter and MicroCat probe. CTD and ADCP profiles will also be made and the buoys will be launched in 4 different points

MFSTEP-2 Cruise (29GD20031108) carried out on the Research Vessel García del Cid in 2003, The objective of the campaign is to recover 4 profiling buoys thrown into the sea in MFSTEP-1 and realization of CTD and ADCP profiles

OMEGA-ALGERS Cruise (29HE19960930) carried out on the Research Vessel Hespérides in 1996, "Three-dimensional spatial variability and temporal mesoscale instabilities, meanders and eddies filaments " 1) Study of the temporal variability and three-dimensional structure of a mesoscale meander in the Alboran Sea, to determine the associated ageostrophic circulation and the control it exerts over biological structures and processes. 2) Quantification of the differences between the results obtained by different methods of objective spatial analysis (isobaric and isopicnic) and estimation of the margin of error of derived variables such as vertical velocity. 3) Study of the temporal variability and three-dimensional structure of the instabilities of the Algerian Current, its relationship with the temporal evolution obtained by remote sensing, and the influence of these developed plentiful instabilities (anticyclonic eddies) on the distribution of Modified Atlantic Water and the processed of fertilization

MATER-2 Cruise (29HE19980518) carried out on the Research Vessel Hespérides in 1998, Mass Transfer and Ecosystem Response (MATER). MATER is a project involving 50 research teams from 15 European countries. Through extensive experimental work and physical and ecological modeling, MATER addresses the comprehensive study of the Mediterranean with the following global objectives: -To study and quantify the processes that trigger and control the transfer of mass and energy between the different compartments of the Mediterranean system, and in different environments.- To evaluate the temporal and spatial scales of phenomena in certain structures and regions of the Mediterranean.- To investigate the ecosystem response to these transfers and their evolution over time

MATER-3_LEG3 Cruise (29HE19990926) carried out on the Research Vessel Hespérides in 1999, Mass Transfer and Ecosystem Response. Through extensive experimental work and physical and ecological modeling, MATER addresses the comprehensive study of the Mediterranean with the following global objectives: 1) Study and quantify the processes that trigger and control the transference of mass and energy between the various compartments of the Mediterranean system , and in different environments. 2) Evaluate the temporal and spatial scales of the phenomena in certain structures and regions of the Mediterranean. 3) Investigate the response of the ecosystem to these transfers and their evolution over time

SPURS-MIDAS Cruise (29SG20130316) carried out on the Research Vessel Sarmiento de Gamboa in 2013, MIDAS (SMOS ocean salinity and soil moisture products. Improvements and applications demonstration) SPURS experiment (Salinity Processes in the Upper ocean Regional Study). Realization a wide range of mesoscale and submesoscale measurements to contribute understanding the mechanisms of formation and permanence of the largest ocean salinity maximum in the centre of the North Atlantic subtropical gyre. Several standard and prototype instruments are used in measuring sea surface salinity and other ocean variables

GPS Cruise (29GD19990616) carried out on the Research Vessel García del Cid in 1999, Pre-calibration work of ENVIASAT