MARCH 2007 : CALL FOR HELP: 2 MOORINGS ADRIFT !
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8 MARCH: NEW: A SECOND MOORING ADRIFT (G6)
Last good position (09 Mar. 2007 02:51 GMT): few miles around
33°08'38"N
– 27°13'05"E (mooring G6)
Last good position (09 Mar. 2007 02:50 GMT): few miles around
31°56'20"N
– 26°46'41"E (mooring G5)
Contacts for more recent positions/if anything spotted to report: +33 621 71 65 00
Gilles ROUGIER
ph. +33 (0)4 94 30 49 51 , Fax: +33 (0)4 94 87 93 47 email: grougier@ifremer.fr
Isabelle TAUPIER-LETAGE ph. +33 (0)4 94 30 49 13 , Fax: +33 (0)4 94 87 93 47, email: itaupier@ifremer.fr
Description of the mooring G5 (7121) : ~2530m long
(It might be cut anywhere along the line => we cannot know which are the elements drifting)
See the mooring network positions (details, image)
See the composition of the moorings
Pictures of mooring elements
ADCP 75kHz (~500kg)
ADCP 75kHz (orange sphere), mooring G5 and G7):
ADCP300kHz (yellow), mooring line G6:
Instruments identification:
Aquadop:
AANDERAA RCM 4-5-7-8
AANDERAA RCM9
AANDERAA Thermistor chain (TR7)
MORS
SeaBird Seacat
SeaBird SBE 39
WADAR (on the Parafil line, ~20cm)
SP2T (on the Parafil line, ~20cm)
Acoustic release (double) and flottation
SNPE floats (upper flottation)
Mooring head (with flash and ARGOS beacon)
F/S Poseidon/EGYPT-1
Mooring G6 being deployed
WARNING FOR THE MOORING NETWORK
