« Courants d’air, courants d’eau », a public exhibition held in Nouméa based on oceanography and satellite remote sensing.

Christophe Maes1 and Valérie Vattier2

1 IRD-LEGOS, Nouméa 2 Maritime Museum of New Caledonia, Nouméa

We are here…

ORSOM III (21,50 m)

1st oceanographic cruise called Equapac, Sept.-Oct. 1956

Context: celebration of 50-year of physical oceanography from the ORSTOM-IRD centre of Nouméa

(images extracted from the movie« A la recherche des courants du Pacifique » Boré and Maes, 2006)

R/V Alis

Instruments, photos and documents were kindly provided by:-Institut Océanographique de Monaco,-CNES,-IRD-ORSTOM,-Mercator-Ocean,-JAMSTEC,-PMEL,-Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,with the help of many people…

Nansen currentmeter (1900)

bathythermograph

Original map from the Pacific islands

Outreach products from T/P and Jason-1 missions

-Interactive programs and outreach products from the Topex/Poseidon and Jason-1 missions-More than 60 pedagogic kits were given to the teachers from different schools of New Caledonia

-The exhibition was held at Nouméa between the 5th May and the end of July 2006.-Overview of the present research in physical oceanography as well as historical perspectives since the last 50 years-Presentation of different instruments from thermometers and current-meters to the Jason-1 satellite-2 videos on oceanographic and climate research-More than 5000 visitors, including more than 1200 young students from different educational levels

Reference:Maes, C., Océanographes des mers du Sud, 50 ans d'océanographie physique dans l'océan Pacifique sud-ouest, MetMar, 213, 4-11, 2006. (in french).

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