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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2023-457
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2023-457
13 Dec 2023
 | 13 Dec 2023
Status: a revised version of this preprint was accepted for the journal ESSD and is expected to appear here in due course.

CO2 and hydrography acquired by Autonomous Surface Vehicles from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea: data correction and validation

Riccardo Martellucci, Michele Giani, Elena Mauri, Laurent Coppola, Melf Poulsen, Marine Fourrier, Sara Pensieri, Vanessa Cardin, Carlotta Dentico, Roberto Bozzano, Carolina Cantoni, Anna Lucchetta, and Ingunn Skjelvan

Abstract. The ATL2MED demonstration experiment involved two autonomous surface vehicles provided by Saildrone Inc. (SD) along a route from the tropical eastern North Atlantic to the Adriatic Sea between October 2019 and July 2020. This nine-month long experiment located in a transition zone between the temperate and tropical belts represents a major challenge in the use of SD. The sensors on board were subjected, to varying degradation degrees depending on the geographical area and the season, to biofouling with consequent deterioration of the acquired measurements. As a result, several maintenance along the mission's course were necessary.

We address the difficulty of correcting the data during a period of COVID-19 restrictions, which significantly reduced the number of discrete samples planned for SD salinity and dissolved oxygen validation. This article details alternative correction methods for salinity and dissolved oxygen. Due to the lack of in situ data, model products have been used to correct the salinity data acquired by the SDs, and then the resulting corrected salinity was validated with data from fixed ocean stations, gliders, and Argo floats. In addition, dissolved oxygen data acquired from SDs after correction using air oxygen measurements were tested and found to be in line with the oxygen values expected from temperature and chlorophyll-a data. The correction methods are relevant and useful in situations where validation capabilities are lacking, which was the case during the ATL2MED demonstration experiment. For future experiments, it is recommended that validation samples are collected more frequently. An overview over data availability is found in Section 5, Table 5.

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Riccardo Martellucci, Michele Giani, Elena Mauri, Laurent Coppola, Melf Poulsen, Marine Fourrier, Sara Pensieri, Vanessa Cardin, Carlotta Dentico, Roberto Bozzano, Carolina Cantoni, Anna Lucchetta, and Ingunn Skjelvan

Status: closed

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  • RC1: 'Comment on essd-2023-457', Anonymous Referee #1, 01 Feb 2024
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Riccardo Martellucci, 30 Mar 2024
  • RC2: 'Comment on essd-2023-457', Anonymous Referee #2, 01 Feb 2024
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Riccardo Martellucci, 30 Mar 2024

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on essd-2023-457', Anonymous Referee #1, 01 Feb 2024
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Riccardo Martellucci, 30 Mar 2024
  • RC2: 'Comment on essd-2023-457', Anonymous Referee #2, 01 Feb 2024
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Riccardo Martellucci, 30 Mar 2024
Riccardo Martellucci, Michele Giani, Elena Mauri, Laurent Coppola, Melf Poulsen, Marine Fourrier, Sara Pensieri, Vanessa Cardin, Carlotta Dentico, Roberto Bozzano, Carolina Cantoni, Anna Lucchetta, and Ingunn Skjelvan

Data sets

ATL2MED mission: SD1053 & SD1030 Ingunn Skjelvan, Riccardo Martellucci, Michele Giani, Vanessa Cardin, Elena Mauri, Carolina Cantoni, Anna Luchetta, Roberto Bozzano, Sara Pensieri, Laurent Coppola, Marine Fourrier, Melf Paulsen, Bjorn Fiedler, and Benjamin Pfeil https://fileshare.icos-cp.eu/s/eyLp9m685QA8ME7

RV METEOR cruise Björn Fiedler and Melf Paulsen https://fileshare.icos-cp.eu/s/eyLp9m685QA8ME7

Dyfamed observatory data Laurent Coppola, Emilie Diamond Riquier, Thierry Carval, Jean-Olivier Irisson, and Corinne Desnos https://doi.org/10.17882/43749

Glider MOOSE sections Pierre Testor, Laurent Mortier, Laurent Coppola, Hervé Claustre, Fabrizio D'Ortenzio, François Bourrin, Xavier Durrieu de Madron, and Patrick Raimbault https://www.seanoe.org/data/00409/52027/

W1M3A FIXED STATION Roberto Bozzano and Sara Pensieri https://fileshare.icos-cp.eu/s/eyLp9m685QA8ME7

E2M3A-2017-2019-time-series-SouthAdriatic Vanessa Cardin, Laura Ursella, Giuseppe Siena, Fabio Brunetti, Stefano Kuchler, and Elena Partescano https://nodc.ogs.it/catalogs/doidetails?4&doi=10.6092/d0d50095-bd30-4ff7-8d0a-a12121e72f78

OGS GLIDER MISSION Convex20 Dataset Riccardo Gerin, Antonio Bussani, Stefano Kuchler, Riccardo Martellucci, Massimo Pacciaroni, Annunizata Pirro, Piero Zuppelli, and Elena Mauri https://nodc.ogs.it/catalogs/doidetails?8&doi=10.13120/e7277c6b-444a-4d61-8288-596af1bac3ff

PALOMA FIXED STATION Anna Luchetta and Carolina Cantoni https://fileshare.icos-cp.eu/s/eyLp9m685QA8ME7

MIRAMARE FIXED STATION Michele Giani https://fileshare.icos-cp.eu/s/eyLp9m685QA8ME7

Riccardo Martellucci, Michele Giani, Elena Mauri, Laurent Coppola, Melf Poulsen, Marine Fourrier, Sara Pensieri, Vanessa Cardin, Carlotta Dentico, Roberto Bozzano, Carolina Cantoni, Anna Lucchetta, and Ingunn Skjelvan

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The ATL2MED experiment was a collaborative project involving European academic institutions and Saildrone Inc. These ASVs embarked on a nine-month mission that ranged from the tropical eastern North Atlantic to the Adriatic Sea, covering a region characterised by a transition zone between temperate and tropical climate belts. Nevertheless, challenges exist, with biofouling being one of the major problems affecting the measurement such as conductivity, dissolved oxygen and chlorophyll-a.
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