TONGA here we come!

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16 mai 2019

PEGASUS et ses personnels se préparent à participer à la campagne d’observation du projet TONGA. Il s’agit d’une croisière de 37-jour dans le Pacifique sud-ouest tropical qui aura lieu à bord du R/V L’Atalante en décembre 2019.

Le projet TONGA étudie le rôle des micronutriments d’origine hydrothermale sur la productivité océanique et l’export de carbone.

Maurizio Busetto and Xavier Landsheere preparing the ALS lidar

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