Process Studies meeting the GEOTRACES Process Study criteria can gain endorsement by the GEOTRACES Scientific Steering Committee (SSC). Investigators who wish to develop a research programme to be designed as GEOTRACES process study should approach its regional or national SSC member with the “Process study request form” duly filled in.
Download the “Process Study request form” here.
The following is a list of approved GEOTRACES Process Studies. For information about associated data sets, please click here.
| ID | Cruise | Chief Scientist | GEOTRACES Scientist | Period | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GApr01 | AMANDES | Catherine Jeandel | Catherine Jeandel | 17/10/2007 – 20/07/2008 | Amazon shelf, offshore of Guyane and estuary in Brazilian waters |
| GApr02 | Oceania_15/2011 | Jacek Beldowski | Michael Staubwasser | 03/11/2011 – 13/11/2011 | Baltic Sea |
| GApr03 | THOR | Micha Rijkenberg | Hein de Baar | 29/07/2012 – 19/08/2012 | Western North Atlantic |
| GApr04 | SHELF SEAS | Richard Sanders / Mark Moore / Jonathan Sharples | Maeve Lohan / Angela Milne | 11/04/2014 – 14/05/2014 03/07/2014-27/07/2014 04/11/2014- 03/12/2014 | Celtic Sea |
| GApr05 (leg 1) | PE401 (Vici Fe) | Caroline P. Slomp | Silke Severmann | 31/08/2015 – 17/09/2015 | Black Sea |
| GApr05 (leg 2) | PE401 (Vici Fe) | Caroline P. Slomp | Severmann Silke, Rijkenberg Micha | 2016/05/27 — 2016/06/15 | Baltic Sea |
| GApr06 Leg1 | SOSCEx III | Pedro Monteiro | Alakendra N. Roychoudhury and Thato Mtshali | 05/12/2015 – 11/02/2016 | Southern Ocean |
| GApr06 Leg2 | SOSCEx III | Pedro Monteiro | Alakendra N. Roychoudhury and Thato Mtshali | 22/07/2015 – 15/08/2015 | Southern Ocean |
| GApr07 | HERMINE | Y. Fouquet, C. Cathalot, and E. Pelleter | H. Planquette, G. Sarthou, L.-E. Heimbürger, Catherine Jeandel | 15/03/2017 – 20/02/2017 | Mid Atlantic Ridge, TAG and Snake Pit sites (21-26°N/44.5-46.5°W) |
| GApr08 | ZIPLOC | Claire Mahaffey | Maeve Lohan and Alessandro Tagliabue | 27/06/2017 – 13/06/2017 | Tropical Atlantic |
| GApr09 | PEACETIME | Cecile Guieu and Matthieu Bressac | Geraldine Sarthou and Hélène Planquette | 10/05/2017 – 11/06/2017 | Mediterranean Sea |
| GApr10 | PIRATA-BR XVII | Paulo Nobre | Vanessa Hatje | 14/11/2017 – 15/01/2018 | Western Tropical Atlantic Ocean |
| GApr11 | AMAZON-GEOTRACES (M147) | Andrea Koschinsky | Martin Frank | 19/04/2018 – 21/05/2018 | Amazon estuary and the associated plume |
| GApr12 | PS117 (HAFOS) | Olaf Boebel | Rob Middag | 15/12/2018 — 07/02/2019 | Zero meridian towards continent (Lazarev Sea) and Weddell Sea |
| GApr13 | BAIT | Rod Johnson | Peter Sedwick | 5 cruises in 2019 and 2020:
10/03 – 15/03/2019 | Sargasso Sea, South East of Bermuda |
| GApr14 | SAMBAR_A2/SAM-17 | Edmo Campos | Vanessa Hatje | 15/06/2019 — 01/07/2019 | South West Atlantic |
| GApr15 | PROVOCCAR I | Carlos Rafael Borges Mendes | Vanessa Hatje | 02/02/2020 — 08/03/2020 | North Antarctic Peninsula |
| GApr16 | MetalGate | Rob Middag | Rob Middag | 17/07/2021 — 17/08/2021 | North Atlantic Ocean and seas around Iceland |
| GApr17 | Island Impact | Christine Klaas Dr. Sabine Kasten | Scarlett Trimborn Susann Henkel Michael Staubwasser Rebecca Zitoun | 01/10/2022 — 19/12/2022 | South Georgia and Southern Ocean, ACC |
| GApr18 | STING | Angela Knapp | Tim Conway Kristen Buck Rene Boiteau | Leg 1: 20/02/2023 — 06/03/2023 Leg 2: 29/06/2023 — 13/07/2023 | Gulf of Mexico |
| GApr19 | N-ARC | Jo Hopkins | Maeve Lohan | 09/07/2023 – 13/08/2023 | Arctic Ocean |
| GApr20 | PICCOLO (SD035) | Thomas Bell Karen Heywood | Angela Milne Simon Ussher | 17/01/2024 – 09/03/2024 | Southern Ocean (Northwest Weddell Sea) |
| GApr21 | AMAZON-GEOTRACES-2 | Andrea Koschinksy | Martin Frank | 01/10/2024 – 30/12/2024 | Amazon estuary and its associated plume |
| GApr23 | ICCPACW (SANAE64) | Gavin Louw | Ole Valk | 13/12/2024 – 13/02/2025 | Southern Ocean |
| GApr24 | Refuge-Arctic | Mathieu Ardyna | Catherine Jeandel | 08/08/2024 – 03/10/2024 | Arctic Ocean |
| GIpr01 | KEOPS | Stephane Blain | Catherine Jeandel | 08/10/2011 – 30/11/2011 | Around Kerguelen Islands |
| GIpr02 | SIPEX 2 | Tony Worby / Klaus Meiners | Andy Bowie | 16/09/2012 – 05/11/2012 | East Antarctica west of 110º (64-65º) |
| GIpr03 | SS300 | Ravi Bhushan / R. Rengarajan | Ravi Bhushan | 26/04/2012 – 18/05/2012 | Arabian Sea (along GI02) |
| GIpr04 | SS259 | Ravi Bhushan | Ravi Bhushan | 09/11/2008 – 30/11/2008 | East of the North Island of New Zealand |
| GIpr05 | HEOBI | Mike Coffin | Andrew Bowie, Zanna Chase, Tom Trull, Alessandro Tagliabue and Stephane Blain | 2016/01/08 – 2016/03/05 | Indian sector of the Southern Ocean (around Heard Island) |
| GIpr06 | K-axis | Andrew Constable | Andrew Bowie | 2016/01/08 – 2016/03/15 | Indian sector of the Southern Ocean (south of Kerguelen plateau to ice edge) |
| GIpr07 | AIMIZ-GI06 | Marchello Vichi | Alakaendra Roychoudhury | 2017/06/29 – 2017/07/15 | Southern Ocean (Indian Sector) |
| GIpr08 | IN2018_V02
IN2019_V02 IN2021_V02 |
Tom Trull / Elizabeth Shadwick |
Philip Boyd / Zanna Chase | 2018/03/18 – 2018/03/20
2019/03/18- 2019/03/20 2021/04/14- 2021/04/24 | Southern Ocean (Indian sector, vicinity of the Southern Ocean Time Series mooring, SOTS) |
| GIpr09 | REDMAST | Adi Torfstein | Adi Torfstein | Several cruises per year starting in 2020 | Station A (29°28.95′ N, 34°56.22′ E), northern Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea |
| GIpr10 | SOLACE | Phil Boyd / Michel Ellwood | Michel Ellwood | 2020/12/03 – 2021/01/16 | Southern Ocean (~140E; 47S to 55S) |
| GIpr11 | CANYONS (IN2023-v1) | Alix Post | Zanna Chase | 2023/01/27 – 2023/03/12 | Offshore of Cape Darnley, Mac Robertson Land, East Antarctica |
| GIpr12 | EASI-2 (PS140) | Marcus Gutjahr | Rob Middag | 2023/11/25 – 2024/02/02 | Southern Ocean |
| GPpr01 | FeCycle II | Philip Boyd | Philip Boyd | 15/09/2008 – 06/10/2008 | East of the North Island of New Zealand |
| GPpr02 | SS01 (PINTS) | Christel Hassler | Michael Ellwood | 22/02/2010 – 15/02/2010 | Tasman Sea |
| GPpr03 | NBP0901 (DynaLiFe) | Stan Jacobs | Hein de Baar | 05/01/2009 – 28/02/2009 | Amundsen Sea, Pine Island Bay |
| GPpr04 | TransGeoBioOc (SO223T) | Mahyar Mohtadi | Katharina Pahnke | 09/09/2012 – 8/10/2012 | West Pacific |
| GPpr05 | KM1107 | Katharina Pahnke | Katharina Pahnke | 23/02/2011 – 25/02/2011 | Tropical Pacific |
| GPpr06 | OR5-1307-3 | Tung-Yuan Ho | Tung-Yuan Ho | 14/07/2013 – 23/07/2013 | Western Pacific |
| GPpr06 bis | OR5-0034 | Tung-Yuan Ho | Tung-Yuan Ho | 25/03/2014 – 03/04/2014 | Western Pacific |
| GPpr07 | Canadian Line-P Iron Programme | Andrew R.S. Ross / Marie Robert | Maite Maldonado | 3 cruises per year (February, May/June, August/September) starting in 2013 | North East Pacific |
| GPpr08 | NBP1409 (PHANTASTIC I) | Alderkamp Anne-Carlijn | Rob Middag | 26-10-2014 – 26-11-2014 | Western Antarctic Peninsula |
| GPpr08 (leg 2) | NBP1310 02 (PHANTASTIC II) | Alderkamp Anne-Carlijn | Loes Gerringa | 03/12/2013 – 23/01/2014 | Ross Sea, Rothera Research Station to Hobart |
| GPpr09 | Sonne SO245 (UltraPac) | Timothy G. Ferdelman | Katharina Pahnke, Peter Croot and Robert Anderson | 17/12/2015 – 28/01/2016 | Ultra-oligotrophic South Pacific gyre |
| GPpr10 | TAN1212 (FeCycle III) | Philip Boyd | Philip Boyd | 15/09/2012 – 8/10/2012 | Eastern seabord of the North Island of New Zealand |
| GPpr11 | Eddies | Peter Strutton | Michael Ellwood and Philip Boyd Eddies | 15/03/2016 – 13/04/2016 | Australian sector of the Southern Ocean (south of Tasmania) |
| GPpr12 | ANA08B (KOPRI Amundsen) | SangHoon Lee | Rob Middag | 18/12/2017 – 07/02/2018 | Amundsen Sea |
| GPpr13 | IN2018_V04 | Michael Ellwood | Michael Ellwood | 11/09/2018 – 8/10/2018 | Southern extension of the East Australian Current (EAC) |
| GPpr14 | TONGA | Cecile Guieu et Sophie Bonnet | Géraldine Sarthou, Matthieu Bressac and Hélène Planquette | 05/01/2019 – 10/02/2019 | Western Tropical South Pacific |
| GPpr15 | Carbon-Fe | Xin Liu Weifang Chen Yongming HuangZhimian Cao Ruifeng Zhang Kuanbo Zhou | Minhan Dai | 03/07/2020 – 23/08/2020
23/12/2020 – 13/01/2021 | North Pacific Subtropical Gyre |
| GPpr16 | Bering Sea (KH-25-2) | Hajime Obata | Hajime Obata | 11/06/2025 – 02/08/2025 | Pacific Ocean (Bering Sea) |
| GPpr17 | DMV (V3/2025) | Delphine Lannuzel | Michael Ellwood | 20/02/2025 – 02/05/2025 | East Antarctica (Denman Glacier/Shackleton ice shelf) |
| GPpr18 | Marginal Seas | Shigeyoshi Otosaka | Hajime Obata | 01/07/2027 – 20/08/2027 | Pacific Ocean |