2008 Expedition Report CCGS Amundsen LEG 11A ArcticNet/SOLAS Canadian Arctic Archipelago and Baffin Bay LEG 11B ArcticNet/IORVL Labrador fjords ArcticNet – Amundsen Science Program Université Laval Pavillon Alexandre-Vachon, room 4081 1045, avenue de la Médecine Québec, QC, G1V 0A6 CANADA www.amundsen.ulaval.ca www.arcticnet.ulaval.ca Katrine Chalut and Anissa Merzouk ArcticNet Expedition Report Editors
[email protected] Keith Levesque ArcticNet Marine Research Manager
[email protected] Table of Content TABLE OF CONTENT II LIST OF FIGURES IV LIST OF TABLES VI 2008 EXPEDITION REPORT 7 PART I – OVERVIEW AND SYNOPSIS OF OPERATIONS 8 1 OVERVIEW OF THE 2008 ARCTICNET / AMUNDSEN EXPEDITION 8 1.1 Introduction 8 1.2 Regional settings 10 1.3 2008 Expedition Plan 11 2 LEG 11A – 4 SEPTEMBER TO 28 SEPTEMBER 2008 – LANCASTER SOUND AND BAFFIN BAY12 2.1 Introduction 12 2.2 Synopsis of operations 13 2.3 Chief Scientist’s comments 15 PART II – PROJECT REPORTS 16 1 ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS AND TRACE GASES (ARCTIC-SOLAS) – LEG 11 16 1.1 Introduction 16 1.2 Methodology 16 1.3 Preliminary Results 18 1.4 Comments and recommendations 20 2 SURFACE METEOROLOGY AND FLUX PROGRAM – LEG 11 21 2.1 Introduction 21 2.2 Methodology 21 3 MOORING PROGRAM – LEGS 10A AND 11 25 3.1 Introduction 25 3.2 Methodology 27 3.3 Comments and recommendations 48 4 WATER COLUMN STRUCTURE AND OCEAN CIRCULATION (CTD-ROSETTE, MVP AND ADCP OPERATIONS) – LEG 11 49 4.1 Introduction 49 4.2 Methodology 49 4.3 Preliminary results 53 4.4 Comments and recommendations