R/V Antea is the oceanographic research vessel owned by France (Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement- IRD). The cruise took place in March - May 2010. The cruise area in the South Indian Ocean included the region in the Mozambique Channel. Ninety-one (91) measurement series spanning 34 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. Jean-Francois Ternon from IRD conducted measurements onboard.
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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.
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