RV Cape Hatteras CH0708
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |||||||||||||
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Cape Hatteras (32KZ) | ||||||||||||
| Cruise identifier | CH0708 | ||||||||||||
| Cruise period | 2008-09-26 — 2008-10-03 | ||||||||||||
| Status | Completed | ||||||||||||
| Port of departure | Miami, United States | ||||||||||||
| Port of return | Miami, United States | ||||||||||||
| Purpose | Research | ||||||||||||
| Objectives | Western Boundary Time Series cruise (AB0809). A hydrographic survey consisting of a repeat LADCP/CTD/rosette section in the west-ern North Atlantic was carried out in September-October 2008. 17 LADCP/CTD/Rosette stations were occupied. Water samples (up to 23 for each station) and CTD data were collected on each cast to within 20m of the bottom. Salinity and dissolved oxygen samples were analysed from the majority of bottles sampled on the rosette. IES operations were conducted at three sties, including recovery, deployment and telemetry. | ||||||||||||
| Chief scientist | Christopher S Meinen (NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory) | ||||||||||||
| Project | Rapid Climate Change Programme | ||||||||||||
| Cruise report |  (2.29 MB) | ||||||||||||
| Ocean/sea areas | |||||||||||||
| General | North West Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) | ||||||||||||
| Specific | Florida Straits | ||||||||||||
| Data held at BODC | Get data | ||||||||||||
| Series/Profiles | |||||||||||||
| 2 Inverted Echo Sounder | Sound velocity and travel time in the water column Reference numbers Date and time Sea level Sound velocity and travel time in the water column Reference numbers Date and time Sea level
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| Discrete samples | |||||||||||||
| 2 Instrument mooring |
