BODC Cruise Metadata Report for RRS Challenger (74CH) cruise CH9/78
Introduction
This report collates information from the BODC cruise inventory and oceanographic databases. It presents
- Cruise Inventory Information
- A summary of BODC data holdings for the cruise from the
- References - including cruise tracks and cruise reports
Cruise Inventory Information
| Long name | RRS Challenger (74CH) cruise CH9/78 |
|---|---|
| Short name | CH9/78 |
| Objectives and Narrative |
The objectives of this cruise were:
(1) To service the current meter moorings at 57N, 9W and 57.5N, 12.25W. Accomplished. (2) Work the Rockall via Anton Dohrn Seamount (Ellett Line) CTD section. Accomplished. (3) To work CTD sections on the Scottish Shelf and in the Sea of the Hebrides. Two sections perpendicular to the shelf edge west of Benbecula and North/South Uist were worked together with an array of 18 CTD stations in the Sea of the Hebrides. (4) Collect large-volume surface water samples on the Scottish shelf for radiocaesium analysis. Accomplished with CTD profiles on 5 of the 10 stations. (5) Obtain an epibenthic sled sample of the macrobenthos at 54 deg 40 min N, 12 deg 16 min W (SMBA permanent station). Accomplished. (6) Test the Mk II box corer at abyssal depths by collecting cores at the epibenthic sled station (2900m depth). Partially successful with one good sample from two attempts. Two attempts with a Reineck box corer (to obtain samples for comparison with the Mk II) were also unsuccessful. (7) Obtain benthic megafauna samples using an Agassiz trawl. Accomplished. (8) Obtain samples of deep plankton at the SMBA permanent station using a small rectangular mid-water trawl. Accomplished. |
| Ship | RRS Challenger |
| Departure Port | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Departure Date | 1978-05-31 |
| Arrival Port | Liverpool, United Kingdom |
| Arrival Date | 1978-06-10 |
| Principal Scientist(s) | David J Ellett (Scottish Marine Biological Association) |
| Responsible Organisation | Scottish Marine Biological Association |
| Associated Project(s) | |
| IHB Sea Areas Visited | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland, North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Marsden Squares Visited | 181;4/182;142/182;351/182;360/182;499 |
| Work Area Description | |
| Unable to lookup cruise bounds at this time | |
| Work Area Bounding Polygon | |
| Southern Limit | unknown |
| Northern Limit | unknown |
| Western Limit | unknown |
| Eastern Limit | unknown |
Cruise Inventory Datasets
| Physical oceanography | |
|---|---|
| CTD stations |
Quantity:
number of stations =
58
Description: |
| Current meters |
Quantity:
number of stations =
2
Description: 4x120 days & 2x50 days |
| Water bottle stations |
Quantity:
number of stations =
69
Description: S surface only |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Radioactivity |
Quantity:
number of samples =
10
Description: water samples for radio-caesium analysis. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Gear research |
Quantity:
number of deployments =
1
Description: test lowering of the Mk II m2 box corer. |
| Zoobenthos |
Quantity:
number of hauls =
3
Description: survey:taxonomy,population studies |
| Zooplankton |
Quantity:
number of hauls =
1
Description: single deep haul of made with the RMT 1 pelagic net. |
Cruise Inventory Mooring/Buoy Operations
No information on datasets is currently available
Summary of BODC Data Holdings for the Cruise
National Oceanographic Database
Summary
| # Series | Instrument Description | Parameters |
|---|---|---|
| 54 | CTD/STD cast |
Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Vertical spatial coordinates |
| 1 | CTD/STD cast |
Salinity of the water column Vertical spatial coordinates |
Note: Parameter terms are taken from the BODC Parameter Discovery Vocabulary XML (SKOS)
Full List
| BODC Reference | Instrument Description | Date/Time | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95168 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-05 00:45Z | 57° 34' N, 13° 34' W | Click for more |
| 95181 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-05 02:10Z | 57° 33' N, 13° 19' W | Click for more |
| 95193 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-05 03:55Z | 57° 33' N, 13° 0' W | Click for more |
| 95200 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-05 04:47Z | 57° 32' N, 12° 51' W | Click for more |
| 95212 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-05 06:09Z | 57° 31' N, 12° 37' W | Click for more |
| 95224 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-05 09:00Z | 57° 30' N, 12° 16' W | Click for more |
| 95236 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-05 12:00Z | 57° 29' N, 11° 51' W | Click for more |
| 95248 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-05 14:30Z | 57° 28' N, 11° 31' W | Click for more |
| 95261 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-05 16:30Z | 57° 28' N, 11° 19' W | Click for more |
| 95273 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-05 17:55Z | 57° 27' N, 11° 5' W | Click for more |
| 95285 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-05 19:22Z | 57° 24' N, 10° 50' W | Click for more |
| 95297 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-05 20:44Z | 57° 21' N, 10° 40' W | Click for more |
| 95304 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-06 09:05Z | 57° 15' N, 10° 0' W | Click for more |
| 95316 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-06 11:31Z | 57° 9' N, 9° 41' W | Click for more |
| 95328 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-06 13:40Z | 57° 6' N, 9° 24' W | Click for more |
| 95341 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-06 15:07Z | 57° 3' N, 9° 12' W | Click for more |
| 95353 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-06 16:28Z | 57° 0' N, 8° 59' W | Click for more |
| 95365 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-06 22:05Z | 57° 24' N, 9° 11' W | Click for more |
| 95377 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-06 23:36Z | 57° 21' N, 8° 52' W | Click for more |
| 95389 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-07 01:00Z | 57° 18' N, 8° 38' W | Click for more |
| 95390 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-07 02:40Z | 57° 13' N, 8° 18' W | Click for more |
| 95408 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-07 04:05Z | 57° 10' N, 8° 3' W | Click for more |
| 95421 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-07 05:22Z | 57° 7' N, 7° 49' W | Click for more |
| 95433 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-07 06:35Z | 57° 4' N, 7° 37' W | Click for more |
| 95445 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-07 07:40Z | 57° 11' N, 7° 35' W | Click for more |
| 95457 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-07 08:57Z | 57° 19' N, 7° 37' W | Click for more |
| 95469 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-07 10:14Z | 57° 27' N, 7° 42' W | Click for more |
| 95470 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-07 12:01Z | 57° 31' N, 7° 58' W | Click for more |
| 95482 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-07 13:40Z | 57° 34' N, 8° 16' W | Click for more |
| 95494 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-07 15:22Z | 57° 39' N, 8° 31' W | Click for more |
| 95501 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-07 17:11Z | 57° 42' N, 8° 51' W | Click for more |
| 95513 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-07 18:50Z | 57° 45' N, 9° 4' W | Click for more |
| 95525 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-07 20:29Z | 57° 49' N, 9° 21' W | Click for more |
| 95537 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-07 22:05Z | 57° 52' N, 9° 33' W | Click for more |
| 95549 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-07 23:40Z | 57° 55' N, 9° 46' W | Click for more |
| 95550 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-08 01:25Z | 57° 57' N, 10° 1' W | Click for more |
| 95562 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-08 13:30Z | 57° 0' N, 9° 0' W | Click for more |
| 95574 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-08 14:44Z | 56° 57' N, 8° 46' W | Click for more |
| 95586 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-08 23:27Z | 57° 7' N, 7° 10' W | Click for more |
| 95598 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-09 00:27Z | 57° 5' N, 7° 1' W | Click for more |
| 95605 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-09 01:29Z | 57° 1' N, 6° 50' W | Click for more |
| 95617 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-09 02:19Z | 57° 6' N, 6° 45' W | Click for more |
| 95629 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-09 03:19Z | 57° 10' N, 6° 42' W | Click for more |
| 95630 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-09 04:00Z | 57° 12' N, 6° 40' W | Click for more |
| 95642 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-09 04:39Z | 57° 16' N, 6° 37' W | Click for more |
| 95654 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-09 05:11Z | 57° 18' N, 6° 33' W | Click for more |
| 95666 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-09 08:08Z | 56° 58' N, 6° 37' W | Click for more |
| 95678 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-09 08:55Z | 56° 56' N, 6° 31' W | Click for more |
| 95691 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-09 09:52Z | 56° 54' N, 6° 22' W | Click for more |
| 95709 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-09 10:44Z | 56° 52' N, 6° 15' W | Click for more |
| 95710 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-09 11:39Z | 56° 49' N, 6° 4' W | Click for more |
| 95734 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-09 17:11Z | 56° 44' N, 7° 0' W | Click for more |
| 95746 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-09 18:18Z | 56° 43' N, 6° 46' W | Click for more |
| 95758 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-09 19:37Z | 56° 43' N, 6° 27' W | Click for more |
| 95771 | CTD/STD cast | 1978-06-09 20:37Z | 56° 40' N, 6° 16' W | Click for more |
Project Database
No data currently held for this cruise in the BODC Project Database
