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Cruise inventory

RRS James Clark Ross JR19990425 (AMT8, JR41)

Cruise plan

Cruise inventory

Cruise Info.

Ship name (ship code)

RRS James Clark Ross (74JC)

Cruise identifier

JR19990425 (AMT8, JR41)

Cruise period

1999-04-25 — 1999-06-07

Status

Completed

Port of departure

Stanley, Falkland Islands (Malvinas)

Port of return

Montevideo, Uruguay

Purpose

Research

Objectives

The AMT 8 cruise took place in two legs, April 25th - April 29th and May 18th -June 7th 1999. The Principal Scientist was Nigel Rees from PML.

The AMT 8 cruise report is only available electronically and is an incomplete document (http://web.pml.ac.uk/amt/cruises/AMT8/amt8.html). There are no plans to produce a finished document.

Chief scientist

Nigel Rees (Plymouth Marine Laboratory)

Project

Atlantic Meridional Transect (AMT)

Ocean/sea areas

General

North Atlantic Ocean
South Atlantic Ocean

Data held at BODC

Series/Profiles

38 CTD/STD cast

Density of the water column
Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Raw fluorometer output
Temperature of the water column
Salinity of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in the water column

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BODC id	Date/Time	Location
1073214	1999-04-25 18:05	47° 36' 43" S 53° 57' 9" W
1073226	1999-04-26 00:46	46° 30' 4" S 52° 59' 46" W
1073238	1999-04-26 16:42	43° 30' 37" S 52° 59' 24" W
1073251	1999-04-26 23:14	42° 29' 55" S 53° 0' 0" W
1073263	1999-04-27 10:00	41° 11' 48" S 53° 0' 13" W
1073275	1999-04-27 15:37	40° 11' 56" S 53° 0' 8" W
1073287	1999-04-27 22:49	39° 0' 16" S 52° 59' 41" W
1073299	1999-04-28 10:05	38° 0' 27" S 52° 59' 44" W
1073306	1999-05-03 14:12	35° 5' 1" S 51° 40' 20" W
1073318	1999-05-05 17:09	30° 43' 44" S 42° 17' 8" W
1073331	1999-05-06 14:01	28° 51' 3" S 38° 19' 8" W
1073343	1999-05-07 13:04	26° 53' 44" S 34° 15' 5" W
1073355	1999-05-08 14:51	24° 33' 16" S 29° 33' 44" W
1073367	1999-05-09 13:50	22° 13' 43" S 25° 49' 1" W
1073379	1999-05-10 11:31	19° 12' 37" S 23° 13' 14" W
1073380	1999-05-10 14:04	18° 59' 25" S 23° 2' 44" W
1073392	1999-05-12 10:33	13° 10' 9" S 18° 7' 34" W
1073411	1999-05-13 10:33	9° 51' 33" S 15° 24' 7" W
1073423	1999-05-18 13:43	7° 37' 59" S 14° 29' 51" W
1073435	1999-05-20 10:38	0° 4' 27" S 16° 42' 36" W
1073447	1999-05-21 10:33	3° 53' 58" N 17° 52' 59" W
1073459	1999-05-22 10:34	7° 37' 14" N 18° 59' 15" W
1073460	1999-05-23 10:34	11° 33' 51" N 20° 8' 53" W
1073472	1999-05-24 10:42	15° 9' 0" N 20° 59' 55" W
1073484	1999-05-25 10:38	18° 48' 8" N 20° 59' 57" W
1073496	1999-05-26 10:37	22° 54' 41" N 21° 0' 25" W
1073503	1999-05-28 10:32	30° 28' 37" N 21° 33' 38" W
1073515	1999-05-29 10:33	34° 21' 56" N 20° 47' 15" W
1073527	1999-05-30 10:34	38° 10' 37" N 20° 0' 54" W
1073539	1999-05-31 10:36	42° 0' 7" N 20° 0' 0" W
1073540	1999-06-01 10:10	45° 56' 37" N 19° 58' 42" W
1073552	1999-06-01 18:01	46° 59' 59" N 19° 59' 48" W
1073564	1999-06-02 10:36	47° 27' 16" N 15° 39' 52" W
1073576	1999-06-03 10:42	48° 8' 55" N 9° 39' 52" W
1073588	1999-06-03 15:07	48° 15' 17" N 9° 14' 14" W
1073607	1999-06-04 10:45	48° 58' 39" N 9° 15' 0" W
1073619	1999-06-04 13:04	48° 58' 59" N 9° 11' 1" W
1073620	1999-06-05 09:42	49° 41' 54" N 4° 26' 26" W

Discrete samples

38 CTD frame plus rosette sampler

Density of the water column
Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Raw fluorometer output
Temperature of the water column
Carotenoid pigment concentrations in the water column
Raw light meter output
Salinity of the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in the water column

108 Expendable Bathythermograph

Temperature of the water column

297 Sample taken from ship's non-toxic supply

Carotenoid pigment concentrations in the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in the water column