Addressing regional variability by monitoring the water column with underwater gliders: examples of SeaExplorer current missions
Jun 4, 2025 — 11:55 am - 12:15 PMINSPIRE Area
In 2018, a new active underwater volcano emerged in the Mozambique Channel, near the
island of Mayotte. In 2020, the French Ministry of Ecology launched a continuous
monitoring program for CO2/CH4 emissions and droplets in the water column. Since
then, Alsemar, with Ifremer, has been implementing regular monitoring of this
phenomenon using SeaExplorer gliders. Not only was this multi-year mission
accomplished, but it was also the first to record other remarkable occurrences, such as
the acoustic signals from marine mammals and the impact caused by the CHIDO tropical
cyclone on the water column in december 2024. The topics presented will include some
scientific results but also operationnal aspect of this mission.
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