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Location
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The SOCLIM project essentially focuses on the observation of the western part of the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean.
A particular emphasis is devoted to the Kerguelen Islands Area.
PROFILING FLOAT
The PROVBIO-2 float is dedicated to biogeochemicalstudies. This float is a Lagrangian Argo-type (PROVOR CTD) float on which Iridium two-way communication (instead of Argos) has been implemented together with a variety of optical and biogeochemical sensors.
AREA DEDICATED TO STUDIES
The Kerguelen Islands in French commonly Îles Kerguelen or Archipel de Kerguelen, also known as the Desolation Islands, are a group of islands in the southern Indian Ocean constituting one of the two emerged parts of the mostly submerged Kerguelen Plateau.
South Pole
Area of investigation
Australian and Indian partners