Développement et essais d'un salinomètre optique

Marc Le Menn (1)

1 SHOM - Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine

Salinity is the essential parameter for ocean dynamics studies. Its definition and using in the equations used to calculate the thermodynamic properties of seawater, have been revised in 2010, opening the possibility of new sensors developments. In this context, NOSS (NKE Optical Salinity Sensor) has emerged as one of the first underwater instrument for in situ refractive index measurement in the past years open up the scope of possibilities to access to density parameter. This achievement is the fruit of the cooperation between several institutions and the fruit of several years of developments and trials. NOSS sensor has been designed to be deployed in coastal environment and open-ocean waters up to 2000 m, especially on profiling floats of the Argo network.

Domaines: Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]

Marc Le Menn. Développement et essais d'un salinomètre optique. 7ème Colloque Interdisciplinaire en Instrumentation, Jan 2016, Saint-Nazaire, France. ⟨hal-01280210⟩