R/V Marion-Dufresne belongs to French Polar Institute - IPEV (Institut Paul Emile Victor) and TAAF (Terres Australes et Antarctiques Francaises). The cruise took place in April - May 2011. The cruise area included a transect in the South Indian and South Atlantic Oceans between Reunion Island and Brazil. Twenty-eight (28) measurement series spanning 14 days were acquired during the cruise.
Mr. Yann Courcoux from L'Observatoire de Physique de l'Atmosphere de la Reunion (OPAR) at the Universite de la Reunion/ CNRS (Saint Denis de la Reunion, France) was a Principal Investigator for aerosol optical measurements. Mr. Bernard Ollivier from French Polar Institute - IPEV (Institut Paul Emile Victor) conducted measurements onboard.
F.Mélin, B.N.Holben, and Y.Courcoux, Validation of aerosol products derived from ocean colour
in East African coastal waters, African Journal of Marine Science, 35:3, 351-356, 2013.