RRS Discovery D180

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Ship name (ship code)

RRS Discovery (74E3)

Cruise identifier

D180

Cruise period

1989-01-20 — 1989-02-04

Status

Completed

Port of departure

Barry, United Kingdom

Port of return

Barry, United Kingdom

Purpose

Research

Objectives

1. To sample surface and subsurface radiocaesium and obtain CTD profiles at ten standard positions between the Sound of Mull and the shelf-edge, and to sample caesium at the surface of the North Channel.
2. To service the SMBA current emter mooring in the Tiree Passage.
3. To work the Anton Dohrn Seamount (Ellett Line) CTD section.
4. To obtain Craib corer or Shipek grab samples at a slecetion of sites upon the shelf and in deep water.
5. To sample midwinter temperature and salinity conditions by CTD in the NE Atlantic between Rockall, 53 30'N, 28W and the Porcupine Seabight.
6. To obtain surface chlorophyll and nutrient samples west of Britain as a preliminary to the 1989 BOFS cruises.
7. To obtain surface seawater from the Porcupine Seabight region for the Standard Seawater Service.

Chief scientist

David J Ellett (Scottish Marine Biological Association)

Cruise report

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Ocean/sea areas

General

Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland
Celtic Sea

Specific

West of Scotland and Ireland

Track charts

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Measurements

Physical oceanography

Bathythermograph

Quantity: number of profiles = 11

Water bottle stations

Quantity: number of stations = 72
Description: S surface and bottom

CTD stations

Quantity: number of stations = 46

Current meters

Quantity: number of deployments = 2

Chemical oceanography

Total - P

Quantity: number of stations = 22

Nitrate

Quantity: number of stations = 22

Nitrite

Quantity: number of stations = 22

Silicate

Quantity: number of stations = 22

Isotopes

Quantity: number of samples = 10
Description: Cs

Geology and geophysics

Core - soft bottom

Quantity: number of cores = 2

Data held at BODC

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Series/Profiles

46 CTD/STD cast

Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates

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Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
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BODC id	Date/Time	Location
265415	1989-01-25 01:46	57° 17' 59" N 10° 22' 59" W
265464	1989-01-25 12:19	57° 28' 59" N 11° 31' 59" W
265593	1989-02-01 02:21	52° 6' 0" N 17° 0' 0" W
265600	1989-02-01 12:13	51° 57' 0" N 16° 0' 0" W
265612	1989-02-02 00:31	51° 54' 59" N 15° 30' 0" W
265279	1989-01-24 01:26	56° 43' 59" N 7° 19' 59" W
265280	1989-01-24 03:28	56° 43' 59" N 7° 30' 0" W
265347	1989-01-24 10:35	56° 52' 59" N 8° 30' 0" W
265532	1989-01-26 02:30	57° 33' 59" N 13° 20' 59" W
265661	1989-02-02 08:55	51° 46' 59" N 14° 30' 0" W
265267	1989-01-23 22:47	56° 43' 59" N 7° 0' 0" W
265311	1989-01-24 06:48	56° 46' 59" N 8° 0' 59" W
265323	1989-01-24 09:26	56° 49' 59" N 8° 19' 59" W
265384	1989-01-24 17:47	57° 6' 0" N 9° 24' 59" W
265519	1989-01-25 22:47	57° 32' 59" N 12° 51' 59" W
265231	1989-01-23 16:48	56° 42' 0" N 6° 17' 59" W
265360	1989-01-24 14:25	57° 0' 0" N 9° 0' 0" W
265396	1989-01-24 20:13	57° 8' 59" N 9° 41' 59" W
265427	1989-01-25 04:42	57° 21' 59" N 10° 39' 0" W
265452	1989-01-25 10:42	57° 27' 59" N 11° 18' 59" W
265476	1989-01-25 14:53	57° 30' 0" N 11° 50' 59" W
265673	1989-02-02 11:03	51° 43' 59" N 14° 0' 0" W
265218	1989-01-22 20:22	56° 39' 59" N 6° 7' 59" W
265439	1989-01-25 07:29	57° 23' 59" N 10° 51' 59" W
265648	1989-02-02 07:33	51° 48' 59" N 14° 45' 0" W
265716	1989-02-02 23:18	51° 27' 59" N 11° 15' 0" W
265255	1989-01-23 20:43	56° 43' 59" N 6° 45' 0" W
265335	1989-01-24 09:37	56° 49' 59" N 8° 19' 59" W
265440	1989-01-25 09:16	57° 27' 0" N 11° 4' 59" W
265507	1989-01-25 20:58	57° 31' 59" N 12° 36' 59" W
265544	1989-01-26 04:30	57° 32' 59" N 13° 37' 59" W
265372	1989-01-24 16:20	57° 2' 59" N 9° 12' 59" W
265488	1989-01-25 17:35	57° 30' 0" N 12° 15' 0" W
265704	1989-02-02 21:52	51° 28' 59" N 11° 30' 0" W
265243	1989-01-23 18:21	56° 43' 59" N 6° 27' 0" W
265359	1989-01-24 12:40	56° 57' 0" N 8° 46' 59" W
265624	1989-02-02 03:21	51° 51' 59" N 15° 15' 0" W
265685	1989-02-02 13:16	51° 40' 59" N 13° 30' 0" W
265636	1989-02-02 05:49	51° 49' 59" N 15° 0' 0" W
265556	1989-01-26 06:24	57° 30' 0" N 14° 0' 59" W
265568	1989-01-26 08:57	57° 27' 59" N 14° 28' 59" W
265581	1989-01-26 12:10	57° 24' 59" N 15° 0' 0" W
265520	1989-01-26 00:29	57° 32' 59" N 13° 0' 0" W
265292	1989-01-24 04:53	56° 43' 59" N 7° 39' 59" W
265697	1989-02-02 17:15	51° 34' 59" N 12° 30' 0" W
265403	1989-01-24 22:56	57° 13' 59" N 10° 3' 0" W

2 Savonius rotor current meter

Moored instrument depth
Reference numbers
Date and time
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)

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Moored instrument depth
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Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)

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BODC id	Date/Time	Location	Doc.
1804019	1989-01-23 16:30:06 — 1989-05-05 08:30:36	56° 37' 36" N 6° 23' 30" W
1804020	1989-01-23 16:30:06 — 1989-05-05 08:30:36	56° 37' 36" N 6° 23' 30" W

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