RRS Charles Darwin CD92B
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |||||
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Charles Darwin (74AB) | ||||
| Cruise identifier | CD92B | ||||
| Cruise period | 1995-04-13 — 1995-05-02 | ||||
| Status | Completed | ||||
| Port of departure | Dunstaffnage, United Kingdom | ||||
| Port of return | Dunstaffnage, United Kingdom | ||||
| Purpose | Research | ||||
| Objectives | Biochemical studies, CTD work on the Ellett Line, servicing and recovery of moorings. Second part of two leg cruise. CD92/95 leg2 | ||||
| Chief scientist | Anton Edwards (Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory) | ||||
| Project | WOCE | ||||
| Coordinating body | WOCE IPO | ||||
| Cruise report |  (0.63 MB) | ||||
| Ocean/sea areas | |||||
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) | ||||
| Specific | NE Atlantic, Continental shelf edge, Rockall Trough & Bank, Anton Dohrn | ||||
| Track charts |  | ||||
| Measurements | |||||
| Physical oceanography | |||||
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 98 | ||||
| Current meters | Quantity: number of stations = 3 Description: 2 depl. & 1 rec. | ||||
| Chemical oceanography | |||||
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 98 | ||||
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 98 | ||||
| Nitrite | Quantity: number of stations = 98 | ||||
| Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 98 | ||||
| Radioactivity | Quantity: number of stations = 6 Description: surface samples for 137Cs | ||||
| Biology and fisheries | |||||
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 98 Description: chl. | ||||
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of stations = 62 Description: fluorometer stations | ||||
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 5 Description: zooplankton net down to 100m | ||||
| Moorings, landers, buoys | |||||
| Physical oceanography | |||||
| Current meters | 56° 27' 0" N 9° 2' 53" W — mooring recovered/serviced 16 April 1995 | ||||
| Current meters | 56° 37' 59" N 6° 24' 59" W — Mooring Y, depl. 14 April 1995 | ||||
| Current meters | 56° 28' 59" N 9° 1' 0" W — mooring depl. 17 April 1995 | ||||
| Data held at BODC | Get data | ||||
| Series/Profiles | |||||
| 40 Bottle station | Reference numbers Vertical spatial coordinates Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column Silicate concentration parameters in the water column Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters in water bodies Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column Quality control flags Reference numbers Vertical spatial coordinates Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column Silicate concentration parameters in the water column Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters in water bodies Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column Quality control flags
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| 98 CTD/STD cast | Reference numbers Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column Vertical spatial coordinates Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Reference numbers Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column Vertical spatial coordinates Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column
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| 1 Fluorometers | Date and time Raw fluorometer output Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
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| 5 Paddle wheel current meter | Moored instrument depth Date and time Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Electrical conductivity of the water column Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents) Moored instrument depth Date and time Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Electrical conductivity of the water column Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)
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| 2 Thermistor chain | Date and time Vertical spatial coordinates Temperature of the water column
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| 1 Transmissometer | Transmittance and attenuance of the water column Date and time Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Electrical conductivity of the water column Transmittance and attenuance of the water column Date and time Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Electrical conductivity of the water column
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| Discrete samples | |||||
| 98 CTD frame plus rosette sampler | Dissolved total and organic nitrogen concentrations in the water column Dissolved total or organic phosphorus concentration in the water column Temperature of the water column Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column Salinity of the water column Silicate concentration parameters in the water column Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters in water bodies Density of the water column Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column | ||||
| 2 Instrument mooring | |||||
| 4 Sample taken from ship's non-toxic supply | Radioactivity in water bodies |
