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RRS Challenger CH103

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RRS Challenger (74CH)
Cruise identifierCH103
Cruise period1993-05-12 — 1993-05-24
StatusCompleted
Port of departureCampbeltown, United Kingdom
Port of returnOban, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
Objectives1. To work the CTD stations of the Anton Dohrn Seamount (Ellett Line) section between the shelf-edge and Rockall to continue the Rockall Trough time-series as a UK contribution to WOCE Goal 2.
2. To moor a temperature-salinity recorder and thermistor chain at station M of the Anton Dohrn Section.
3. To collect a suite of profiles, samples and cores at the shelf-edge west of Barra to continue DML LOIS Shelf-Edge Study (SES) pilot surveys.
4. To service the DML current meter mooring in the Tiree Passage.
5. To work selected stations of the Malin Head - Rockall CTD section for further investigation of recent water mass changes west of Britain.
6. To work shelf CTD, nutrient and coring stations in the Firth of Clyde as part of the DML/UCNW MAST 2 PROFILE programme.
7. An additional aim was a request received from Professor Simpson just before sailing for the redeployment of a current meter mooring and guard marker in the outer Firth of Clyde.
Chief scientistDavid J Ellett (Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory)
ProjectWOCE/LOIS-SES
Coordinating bodyWOCE SSG/NERC/MAST
Cruise reportRRS Challenger CH103 cruise report ch103_93.pdf (0.64 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralInner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland
North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
SpecificWest Scottish coast to Rockall, 55-57N; 5-15W
Track chartsRRS Challenger CH103 cruise track — trk3854.html
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Surface measurements underway (T,S)Description: Continuous thermosalinograph
CTD stationsQuantity: number of stations = 73
Description: oxygens rejected Rockall & shelf edge sections
Transparency (eg transmissometer)Quantity: number of stations = 2
Description: recovered & relaid
Current metersQuantity: number of stations = 2
Description: recovered & replaced
Other physical oceanographic measurements
Chemical oceanography 
PhosphateQuantity: number of stations = 58
NitrateQuantity: number of stations = 58
NitriteQuantity: number of stations = 58
AmmoniaQuantity: number of stations = 58
SilicateQuantity: number of stations = 58
Biology and fisheries 
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Quantity: number of recoveries = 1
Description: moored fluorometer recovered
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)Quantity: number of stations = 73
Description: oxygens rejected Rockall & shelf edge sections
Biochemical measurements (eg lipids, amino acids)Quantity: number of experiments = 7
Description: sediment oxygen uptake
Biochemical measurements (eg lipids, amino acids)Quantity: number of cores = 9
Description: cores for carbon/nitrogen analysis and bacterial biomass
ZooplanktonQuantity: number of hauls = 5
Description: 3 vertical & 2 RMT-1 stratified
NeustonQuantity: number of hauls = 9
Description: Neuston net
Moorings, landers, buoys 
Physical oceanography 
Subsurface temperature measurements57° 17' 59" N  10° 22' 59" W — 50m - 16 May 1993, -SeaCat logger
Transparency (eg transmissometer)58° 37' 59" N  5° 1' 0" W — as above
Transparency (eg transmissometer)55° 32' 59" N  4° 55' 59" W — laid 22 May. Surface transparency only
Current meters58° 37' 59" N  5° 1' 0" W — recovered 22 May 1993
Current meters56° 37' 59" N  6° 24' 0" W — replaced 21 May, 2 Aanderaas at 27 & 38m
Other physical oceanographic measurements57° 17' 59" N  10° 22' 59" W — SeaCat Ts logger at 1720m depth in 2220m water
Biology and fisheries 
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)58° 37' 59" N  5° 1' 0" W — as above
Data held at BODC Get data
Series/Profiles 
73  CTD/STD cast
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
3857311993-05-17 05:34 57° 2' 17" N  9° 13' 18" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385731
3857431993-05-17 07:02 57° 0' 0" N  9° 0' 6" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385743
3857671993-05-17 10:04 57° 0' 0" N  9° 0' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385767
3858111993-05-17 20:18 57° 5' 53" N  9° 25' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385811
3858351993-05-18 00:01 57° 8' 59" N  9° 41' 53" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385835
3859401993-05-20 03:47 56° 52' 54" N  8° 29' 41" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385940
3860641993-05-20 21:18 56° 40' 0" N  6° 7' 54" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 386064
3861191993-05-21 21:41 55° 17' 59" N  5° 10' 54" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 386119
3861681993-05-22 04:27 55° 31' 59" N  4° 58' 48" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 386168
3863411993-05-23 10:12 55° 17' 12" N  5° 27' 24" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 386341
3855711993-05-14 22:30 57° 33' 6" N  13° 0' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385571
3856141993-05-15 07:48 57° 29' 35" N  11° 50' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385614
3856261993-05-15 10:56 57° 28' 36" N  11° 31' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385626
3860401993-05-20 18:50 56° 43' 59" N  6° 27' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 386040
3861071993-05-21 21:07 55° 17' 5" N  5° 16' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 386107
3861201993-05-21 23:16 55° 21' 35" N  5° 3' 47" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 386120
3861441993-05-22 01:35 55° 25' 18" N  4° 57' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 386144
3861811993-05-22 05:11 55° 31' 29" N  4° 52' 47" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 386181
3862611993-05-22 23:47 55° 53' 24" N  5° 22' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 386261
3857921993-05-17 12:51 57° 4' 30" N  9° 19' 5" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385792
3859151993-05-19 22:35 57° 2' 35" N  8° 52' 23" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385915
3861321993-05-22 00:13 55° 23' 35" N  4° 51' 42" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 386132
3863281993-05-23 08:49 55° 22' 36" N  5° 18' 35" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 386328
3855461993-05-14 19:25 57° 34' 59" N  13° 38' 12" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385546
3857181993-05-17 01:52 57° 5' 48" N  9° 24' 47" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385718
3857791993-05-17 10:49 57° 1' 41" N  9° 6' 24" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385779
3858231993-05-17 21:29 57° 7' 30" N  9° 33' 42" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385823
3858471993-05-19 06:45 56° 41' 48" N  9° 47' 53" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385847
3858721993-05-19 17:34 56° 55' 29" N  9° 12' 42" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385872
3858841993-05-19 19:34 56° 56' 48" N  9° 7' 30" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385884
3860761993-05-21 19:04 55° 8' 53" N  5° 21' 42" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 386076
3862361993-05-22 22:09 55° 46' 12" N  5° 15' 17" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 386236
3862481993-05-22 23:03 55° 50' 35" N  5° 19' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 386248
3855951993-05-15 01:56 57° 31' 54" N  12° 38' 12" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385595
3856631993-05-15 16:50 57° 24' 6" N  10° 52' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385663
3858601993-05-19 16:46 56° 53' 48" N  9° 14' 35" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385860
3859761993-05-20 10:15 56° 46' 59" N  7° 59' 53" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385976
3860151993-05-20 14:49 56° 44' 5" N  7° 19' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 386015
3860271993-05-20 16:06 56° 44' 5" N  6° 59' 42" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 386027
3860521993-05-20 20:28 56° 40' 47" N  6° 16' 23" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 386052
3862241993-05-22 20:48 55° 41' 48" N  5° 8' 53" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 386224
3855581993-05-14 20:54 57° 34' 0" N  13° 20' 6" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385558
3856511993-05-15 15:19 57° 26' 53" N  11° 4' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385651
3856751993-05-15 23:24 57° 17' 59" N  10° 22' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385675
3857061993-05-16 20:48 57° 8' 59" N  9° 42' 6" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385706
3858961993-05-19 20:33 56° 58' 30" N  9° 3' 47" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385896
3859271993-05-20 00:26 57° 4' 59" N  8° 45' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385927
3859641993-05-20 06:00 56° 48' 42" N  8° 10' 5" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385964
3860881993-05-21 19:58 55° 13' 54" N  5° 14' 35" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 386088
3861561993-05-22 02:55 55° 26' 42" N  5° 1' 18" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 386156
3862731993-05-23 02:37 55° 42' 36" N  5° 20' 17" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 386273
3862851993-05-23 03:40 55° 40' 12" N  5° 25' 5" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 386285
3863041993-05-23 05:44 55° 30' 6" N  5° 26' 17" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 386304
3863161993-05-23 07:49 55° 25' 54" N  5° 28' 54" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 386316
3855831993-05-14 23:33 57° 32' 35" N  12° 51' 47" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385583
3856381993-05-15 13:37 57° 28' 0" N  11° 19' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385638
3856871993-05-16 02:42 57° 22' 0" N  10° 40' 11" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385687
3857551993-05-17 08:53 56° 57' 6" N  8° 47' 12" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385755
3859391993-05-20 02:19 56° 57' 0" N  8° 46' 41" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385939
3859521993-05-20 05:06 56° 50' 12" N  8° 19' 48" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385952
3860031993-05-20 13:07 56° 43' 47" N  7° 29' 48" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 386003
3863531993-05-23 11:00 55° 14' 35" N  5° 33' 6" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 386353
3856021993-05-15 04:50 57° 30' 24" N  12° 14' 48" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385602
3856991993-05-16 12:13 57° 13' 59" N  10° 2' 48" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385699
3857801993-05-17 11:56 57° 2' 59" N  9° 13' 18" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385780
3858591993-05-19 08:43 56° 47' 59" N  9° 31' 47" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385859
3859031993-05-19 21:39 56° 59' 48" N  9° 0' 6" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385903
3859881993-05-20 11:46 56° 43' 54" N  7° 40' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385988
3860391993-05-20 17:30 56° 43' 54" N  6° 44' 42" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 386039
3861931993-05-22 11:26 55° 38' 17" N  5° 1' 54" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 386193
3862001993-05-22 18:46 55° 46' 36" N  4° 58' 36" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 386200
3862121993-05-22 19:21 55° 49' 30" N  4° 58' 48" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 386212
3862971993-05-23 05:03 55° 34' 23" N  5° 25' 23" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 386297
2  Paddle wheel current meter
Moored instrument depth
Date and time
Temperature of the water column
Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)
Moored instrument depth
Date and time
Temperature of the water column
Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
5080561993-05-21 08:45  — 1993-09-10 07:44:53 56° 37' 41" N  6° 23' 48" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 508056
5083081993-05-21 08:45:06  — 1993-09-10 07:45:30 56° 37' 41" N  6° 23' 48" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 508308