NEW! July 2007: several mooring elements recovered
(thanks to the Egyptian Navy)

April 2007 :
CALL FOR HELP:  LOST SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS
AFTER MOORING LINE RUPTURE !

Instruments are likely to be stranded on the southeastern coasts of the eastern basin of the Mediterranean:
Black triangles: moorings original positions
Drifts of G1 and G2 in late 2006:


Partial drifts of G5 and G6 (offshoremost) in early March 2007:



Contacts if anything spotted to report:
Gilles ROUGIER ph. +33 (0)4 94 30 49 51 , Fax: +33 (0)4 94 87 93 47 email: 
Isabelle TAUPIER-LETAGE ph. +33 (0)4 94 30 49 13 , Fax: +33 (0)4 94 87 93 47,
 email: 
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Oceanographie et Biogeochimie (LOB),
Universite de la Mediterranee, BP 330, 83507 LA SEYNE SUR MER cedex, FRANCE.

Pictures of lost instruments

ADCP 75kHz (~500kg)


ADCP 75kHz (orange sphere), mooring G5:


ADCP300kHz (yellow float), mooring  G6:


Aquadop:


AANDERAA RCM 4-5-7-8


AANDERAA RCM9


AANDERAA Thermistor chain (TR7)


SeaBird Seacat


SeaBird SBE 39 (between 2 yellow floatation balls)


WADAR (on the Parafil line, ~20cm)


SP2T (on the Parafil line, ~20cm)


Flotation (orange and yellow)


SNPE floats (upper flotation)


Mooring head (with flash and ARGOS beacon)