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BODC Cruise Metadata Report for RRS James Clark Ross (74JC) cruise JR20121214 (JR279, JR286)

Introduction

This report collates information from the BODC cruise inventory and oceanographic databases. It presents

Cruise Inventory Information

Long name RRS James Clark Ross (74JC) cruise JR20121214 (JR279, JR286)
Short name JR20121214 (JR279, JR286)
Objectives and Narrative Annual cruise to recover and redeploy BPRs in northern and southern Drake Passage in support of the NERC National Capability project ACCLAIM. Tide gauges at Stanley, Rothera and British bases in the Weddell Sea and Antarctic Peninsula are also serviced.
Ship RRS James Clark Ross
Departure Port Stanley, Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Departure Date 2012-12-14
Arrival Port Stanley, Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Arrival Date 2013-01-03
Principal Scientist(s) Miguel Angel Morales Maqueda (National Oceanography Centre, Liverpool)
Responsible Organisation British Antarctic Survey
Associated Project(s) ACCLAIM
IHB Sea Areas Visited South West Atlantic Ocean (limit 20W), Southern Ocean
Marsden Squares Visited 486/522
Work Area Description Burwood Bank for Drake Passage North. Off Elephant Island for Drake Passage South.
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Work Area Bounding Polygon
Southern Limit unknown
Northern Limit unknown
Western Limit unknown
Eastern Limit unknown

Cruise Inventory Datasets

No information on datasets is currently available for this cruise

Cruise Inventory Mooring/Buoy Operations

Latitude Longitude Data type Description
54° 58' S 57° 58' W Other physical oceanographic measurements Bottom Pressure Recorder, Drake Passage North 2. Depth 1086 m.
56° 2' S 57° 58' W Other physical oceanographic measurements Bottom Pressure Recorder, Drake Passage North Deep. Depth 2003 m.
60° 51' S 54° 42' W Other physical oceanographic measurements Bottom Pressure Recorder, Drake Passage South 2. Depth 1016 m.

Summary of BODC Data Holdings for the Cruise

National Oceanographic Database

No data currently held for this cruise in the BODC National Oceanographic Database

Project Database

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Track Charts

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Reports

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