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BODC Cruise Metadata Report for RRS John Murray cruise JM8/78

Introduction

This report collates information from the BODC cruise inventory and oceanographic databases. It presents

Cruise Inventory Information

Long name RRS John Murray cruise JM8/78
Short name JM8/78
Objectives and Narrative 1. Radiosonde launches at intervals determined by weather conditions. On intensive days hourly launches were aimed for between 0600 and 2100; apart from these a program of 6-hourly ascents was maintained.
2. Automatic logging of 1-minute values of surface pressure, relative wind speed and direction, wet-and-dry bulb temperature, sea surface temperature, solar and net radiation.
3. Hourly surface meteorological observations. The variables in (2), apart from radiation, were measured by an independent set of instruments as a back-up. Additional observations of precipitation, cloud type, wind and swell waves, and present weather were made. These reports were transmitted at 6-hourly intervals to aid forecasting for the JASIN area.
4. Photographs of cloud cover using a 16mm time-lapse all-sky camera and 35mm cameras. Precipitation echoes on the radar display were also photographed.
5. Operation of Ship-borne Wave Recorder at three or six-hourly intervals when on station and additional records during passes of SEASAT-A, a new oceanographic satellite, for which 'ground-truth' measurements were required.
6. Intercomparisons of systems on all meteorological ships. These took place in prearranged formal intercomparison periods. Every opportunity was also taken for comparisons with other platforms on an opportunity basis.
7. Calibration of pressure readings against the relative winds.
Ship RRS John Murray
Departure Port Barry, United Kingdom
Departure Date 1978-07-12
Arrival Port
Arrival Date 1978-09-01
Principal Scientist(s) Trevor H Guymer (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Wormley Laboratory)
Responsible Organisation Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Wormley Laboratory
Associated Project(s) JASIN
IHB Sea Areas Visited North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
Marsden Squares Visited 182;392/218;100/218;104
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  
Instrumented wave measurements Quantity: activity duration in hours = 86
Description: ship-borne wave recorder  
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements Description:  
Water bottle stations Quantity: number of stations = 778
Description: T surface only  
Contamination  
Other contaminant measurements Description: discoloured water  
Meteorology  
Incident radiation Description:  
Other meteorological measurements Quantity: number of images = 100
Description: conventional cloud photography  
Other meteorological measurements Description: nominally continuous logging of surface variables  
Other meteorological measurements Quantity: number of measurements = 41
Description: precipitation echoes  
Other meteorological measurements Quantity: number of images = 2900
Description: all-sky cloud pictures  
Other meteorological measurements Quantity: number of observations = 778
Description: visual observations of sea and swell  
Routine standard measurements Quantity: number of observations = 778
Description: hourly observations  
Upper air observations Quantity: number of profiles = 150
Description: ascents  
Geology and geophysics  
Multi-beam echosounding Quantity: activity duration in hours = 187
Description:  
Single-beam echosounding Quantity: activity duration in hours = 187
Description:  

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
1 Accelerometer-shipborne wave recorder Date and time
Sampling parameters
Vertical spatial coordinates
Wave height and period statistics
29 Radiosonde Air temperature
Atmospheric humidity
Date and time
Vertical spatial coordinates
Wind strength and direction
43 Radiosonde Air temperature
Atmospheric humidity
Date and time
Vertical spatial coordinates
48 Radiosonde Air temperature
Atmospheric humidity
Date and time
Reference numbers
Vertical spatial coordinates
Wind strength and direction
13 Radiosonde Air temperature
Atmospheric humidity
Date and time
Reference numbers
Vertical spatial coordinates
1 Unspecified Instrumentation Air pressure
Air temperature
Atmospheric humidity
Date and time
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Wind strength and direction
1 Unspecified Instrumentation Air pressure
Air temperature
Atmospheric humidity
Date and time
Horizontal platform movement
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Temperature of the water column
Wind strength and direction
1 Unspecified Instrumentation Air pressure
Air temperature
Atmospheric humidity
Date and time
Wind strength and direction
1 Unspecified Instrumentation Air pressure
Air temperature
Atmospheric humidity
Date and time
Temperature of the water column
Wind strength and direction

Note: Parameter terms are taken from the BODC Parameter Discovery Vocabulary XML (SKOS)

Full List

BODC Reference Instrument Description Date/Time Location  
45031 Unspecified Instrumentation 1978-07-13 11:00Z to 1978-08-29 23:00Z 59° 46' N to 60° 15' N; 14° 31' W to 10° 30' W Click for more
45713 Unspecified Instrumentation 1978-07-15 11:13Z to 1978-07-24 07:01Z 60° 15' N, 10° 30' W Click for more
45725 Unspecified Instrumentation 1978-07-27 18:23Z to 1978-08-10 16:42Z 60° 15' N, 10° 30' W Click for more
45737 Unspecified Instrumentation 1978-08-19 18:50Z to 1978-08-30 15:41Z 59° 46' N to 60° 15' N; 14° 31' W to 10° 30' W Click for more
52887 Accelerometer-shipborne wave recorder 1978-07-16 04:02Z to 1978-08-29 06:42Z 60° 15' N, 10° 30' W Click for more
196702 Radiosonde 1978-08-24 11:35Z to 1978-08-24 12:02Z 59° 46' N, 12° 31' W Click for more
196714 Radiosonde 1978-08-24 12:35Z to 1978-08-24 13:09Z 59° 45' N, 12° 31' W Click for more
196726 Radiosonde 1978-08-24 14:08Z to 1978-08-24 14:29Z 59° 45' N, 12° 28' W Click for more
196738 Radiosonde 1978-08-24 15:24Z to 1978-08-24 16:09Z 59° 45' N, 12° 32' W Click for more
196751 Radiosonde 1978-08-24 16:28Z to 1978-08-24 17:12Z 59° 45' N, 12° 29' W Click for more
196763 Radiosonde 1978-08-24 17:56Z to 1978-08-24 18:28Z 59° 45' N, 12° 33' W Click for more
196775 Radiosonde 1978-08-24 18:53Z to 1978-08-24 19:22Z 59° 45' N, 12° 33' W Click for more
196787 Radiosonde 1978-08-24 20:10Z to 1978-08-24 20:41Z 59° 46' N, 12° 30' W Click for more
196799 Radiosonde 1978-08-25 06:17Z to 1978-08-25 06:50Z 59° 46' N, 12° 25' W Click for more
196806 Radiosonde 1978-08-25 07:26Z to 1978-08-25 08:10Z 59° 45' N, 12° 28' W Click for more
196818 Radiosonde 1978-08-25 08:59Z to 1978-08-25 09:37Z 59° 43' N, 12° 30' W Click for more
196831 Radiosonde 1978-08-25 10:16Z to 1978-08-25 10:52Z 59° 45' N, 12° 28' W Click for more
196843 Radiosonde 1978-08-25 11:51Z to 1978-08-25 12:25Z 59° 46' N, 12° 28' W Click for more
196855 Radiosonde 1978-08-25 13:05Z to 1978-08-25 13:33Z 59° 46' N, 12° 31' W Click for more
196867 Radiosonde 1978-08-25 14:11Z to 1978-08-25 14:47Z 59° 46' N, 12° 30' W Click for more
196879 Radiosonde 1978-08-25 15:22Z to 1978-08-25 16:06Z 59° 44' N, 12° 27' W Click for more
196880 Radiosonde 1978-08-25 16:58Z to 1978-08-25 17:36Z 59° 46' N, 12° 30' W Click for more
196892 Radiosonde 1978-08-25 18:15Z to 1978-08-25 18:44Z 59° 46' N, 12° 31' W Click for more
196911 Radiosonde 1978-08-25 19:53Z to 1978-08-25 20:26Z 59° 48' N, 12° 34' W Click for more
196923 Radiosonde 1978-08-25 20:59Z to 1978-08-25 21:15Z 59° 45' N, 12° 28' W Click for more
196935 Radiosonde 1978-08-26 06:11Z to 1978-08-26 06:53Z 60° 13' N, 10° 28' W Click for more
196947 Radiosonde 1978-08-26 12:13Z to 1978-08-26 13:06Z 60° 14' N, 10° 28' W Click for more
196959 Radiosonde 1978-08-26 18:03Z to 1978-08-26 18:21Z 60° 13' N, 10° 30' W Click for more
196960 Radiosonde 1978-08-26 18:28Z to 1978-08-26 18:58Z 60° 13' N, 10° 30' W Click for more
196972 Radiosonde 1978-08-27 06:15Z to 1978-08-27 06:54Z 59° 45' N, 12° 27' W Click for more
196984 Radiosonde 1978-08-27 07:34Z to 1978-08-27 08:16Z 59° 45' N, 12° 29' W Click for more
196996 Radiosonde 1978-08-28 08:51Z to 1978-08-28 09:39Z 59° 45' N, 12° 31' W Click for more
197011 Radiosonde 1978-08-28 10:19Z to 1978-08-28 11:00Z 59° 45' N, 12° 28' W Click for more
197023 Radiosonde 1978-08-28 11:24Z to 1978-08-28 11:43Z 59° 45' N, 12° 31' W Click for more
197035 Radiosonde 1978-08-28 12:33Z to 1978-08-28 13:05Z 59° 45' N, 12° 32' W Click for more
197047 Radiosonde 1978-08-28 13:36Z to 1978-08-28 14:19Z 59° 46' N, 12° 28' W Click for more
197059 Radiosonde 1978-08-28 15:03Z to 1978-08-28 15:07Z 59° 46' N, 12° 30' W Click for more
197060 Radiosonde 1978-08-28 15:32Z to 1978-08-28 16:00Z 59° 45' N, 12° 31' W Click for more
197072 Radiosonde 1978-08-28 17:21Z to 1978-08-28 18:05Z 59° 45' N, 12° 33' W Click for more
197084 Radiosonde 1978-08-28 18:58Z to 1978-08-28 19:30Z 59° 45' N, 12° 25' W Click for more
197096 Radiosonde 1978-08-28 20:14Z to 1978-08-28 20:59Z 59° 45' N, 12° 27' W Click for more
197103 Radiosonde 1978-08-28 21:37Z to 1978-08-28 22:15Z 59° 44' N, 12° 29' W Click for more
197115 Radiosonde 1978-07-30 16:25Z to 1978-07-30 17:00Z 60° 15' N, 10° 29' W Click for more
197127 Radiosonde 1978-07-30 17:50Z to 1978-07-30 18:34Z 60° 16' N, 10° 28' W Click for more
197139 Radiosonde 1978-07-30 19:08Z to 1978-07-30 20:08Z 60° 16' N, 10° 28' W Click for more
197140 Radiosonde 1978-07-30 20:36Z to 1978-07-30 20:47Z 60° 15' N, 10° 28' W Click for more
197152 Radiosonde 1978-07-30 21:12Z to 1978-07-30 21:48Z 60° 15' N, 10° 28' W Click for more
197164 Radiosonde 1978-07-31 00:01Z to 1978-07-31 00:38Z 60° 13' N, 10° 30' W Click for more
197176 Radiosonde 1978-07-31 06:21Z to 1978-07-31 07:18Z 60° 13' N, 10° 29' W Click for more
197188 Radiosonde 1978-07-31 12:00Z to 1978-07-31 12:12Z 60° 15' N, 10° 28' W Click for more
197207 Radiosonde 1978-07-31 18:05Z to 1978-07-31 18:50Z 60° 15' N, 10° 29' W Click for more
197219 Radiosonde 1978-08-01 01:02Z to 1978-08-01 01:36Z 60° 14' N, 10° 29' W Click for more
197220 Radiosonde 1978-08-01 06:09Z to 1978-08-01 06:44Z 60° 15' N, 10° 29' W Click for more
197232 Radiosonde 1978-08-01 18:03Z to 1978-08-01 18:35Z 60° 15' N, 10° 30' W Click for more
197244 Radiosonde 1978-08-02 00:35Z to 1978-08-02 01:08Z 60° 16' N, 10° 28' W Click for more
197256 Radiosonde 1978-08-02 06:04Z to 1978-08-02 06:27Z 60° 15' N, 10° 30' W Click for more
197268 Radiosonde 1978-08-02 11:54Z to 1978-08-02 12:32Z 60° 14' N, 10° 27' W Click for more
197281 Radiosonde 1978-08-02 18:21Z to 1978-08-02 18:52Z 60° 15' N, 10° 27' W Click for more
197293 Radiosonde 1978-08-03 00:05Z to 1978-08-03 00:41Z 60° 15' N, 10° 28' W Click for more
197300 Radiosonde 1978-08-03 18:11Z to 1978-08-03 18:41Z 60° 14' N, 10° 15' W Click for more
197312 Radiosonde 1978-08-03 23:36Z to 1978-08-04 00:15Z 60° 15' N, 10° 28' W Click for more
197324 Radiosonde 1978-08-04 05:55Z to 1978-08-04 06:30Z 60° 15' N, 10° 28' W Click for more
197336 Radiosonde 1978-08-04 06:53Z to 1978-08-04 07:43Z 60° 13' N, 10° 29' W Click for more
197348 Radiosonde 1978-08-04 08:09Z to 1978-08-04 08:29Z 60° 14' N, 10° 29' W Click for more
197361 Radiosonde 1978-08-04 08:51Z to 1978-08-04 09:21Z 60° 14' N, 10° 28' W Click for more
197373 Radiosonde 1978-08-04 09:41Z to 1978-08-04 10:18Z 60° 15' N, 10° 28' W Click for more
197385 Radiosonde 1978-08-04 11:04Z to 1978-08-04 11:13Z 60° 16' N, 10° 29' W Click for more
197397 Radiosonde 1978-08-04 12:18Z to 1978-08-04 12:50Z 60° 16' N, 10° 29' W Click for more
197404 Radiosonde 1978-08-04 13:30Z to 1978-08-04 13:56Z 60° 16' N, 10° 29' W Click for more
197416 Radiosonde 1978-08-04 14:33Z to 1978-08-04 15:17Z 60° 15' N, 10° 29' W Click for more
197428 Radiosonde 1978-08-04 16:13Z to 1978-08-04 16:35Z 60° 15' N, 10° 28' W Click for more
197441 Radiosonde 1978-08-04 17:23Z to 1978-08-04 18:04Z 60° 14' N, 10° 29' W Click for more
197453 Radiosonde 1978-08-04 19:48Z to 1978-08-04 20:06Z 60° 15' N, 10° 29' W Click for more
197465 Radiosonde 1978-08-04 20:49Z to 1978-08-04 21:23Z 60° 15' N, 10° 28' W Click for more
197477 Radiosonde 1978-08-04 23:46Z to 1978-08-05 00:09Z 60° 15' N, 10° 28' W Click for more
197489 Radiosonde 1978-08-05 06:03Z to 1978-08-05 06:39Z 60° 15' N, 10° 28' W Click for more
197490 Radiosonde 1978-08-05 11:58Z to 1978-08-05 12:39Z 60° 15' N, 10° 30' W Click for more
197508 Radiosonde 1978-08-05 18:16Z to 1978-08-05 18:54Z 60° 13' N, 10° 29' W Click for more
197521 Radiosonde 1978-08-05 23:40Z to 1978-08-06 00:15Z 60° 16' N, 10° 30' W Click for more
197533 Radiosonde 1978-08-06 06:03Z to 1978-08-06 06:20Z 60° 14' N, 10° 29' W Click for more
197545 Radiosonde 1978-08-06 07:37Z to 1978-08-06 08:18Z 60° 15' N, 10° 28' W Click for more
197557 Radiosonde 1978-08-06 11:53Z to 1978-08-06 12:33Z 60° 15' N, 10° 30' W Click for more
197569 Radiosonde 1978-08-06 13:42Z to 1978-08-06 14:18Z 60° 16' N, 10° 29' W Click for more
197570 Radiosonde 1978-08-06 18:06Z to 1978-08-06 18:40Z 60° 14' N, 10° 28' W Click for more
197582 Radiosonde 1978-08-06 23:46Z to 1978-08-07 00:16Z 60° 15' N, 10° 29' W Click for more
197594 Radiosonde 1978-08-07 06:15Z to 1978-08-07 06:52Z 60° 15' N, 10° 29' W Click for more
197601 Radiosonde 1978-08-07 07:28Z to 1978-08-07 08:21Z 60° 16' N, 10° 30' W Click for more
197613 Radiosonde 1978-08-07 08:32Z to 1978-08-07 09:02Z 60° 15' N, 10° 29' W Click for more
197625 Radiosonde 1978-08-07 09:23Z to 1978-08-07 10:00Z 60° 15' N, 10° 29' W Click for more
197637 Radiosonde 1978-08-07 10:42Z to 1978-08-07 11:42Z 60° 14' N, 10° 29' W Click for more
197649 Radiosonde 1978-08-07 12:24Z to 1978-08-07 13:03Z 60° 15' N, 10° 28' W Click for more
197650 Radiosonde 1978-08-07 13:38Z to 1978-08-07 14:16Z 60° 15' N, 10° 28' W Click for more
197662 Radiosonde 1978-08-07 14:51Z to 1978-08-07 15:37Z 60° 15' N, 10° 29' W Click for more
197674 Radiosonde 1978-08-07 16:08Z to 1978-08-07 16:43Z 60° 14' N, 10° 29' W Click for more
197686 Radiosonde 1978-08-07 17:31Z to 1978-08-07 18:00Z 60° 15' N, 10° 29' W Click for more
197698 Radiosonde 1978-08-07 18:43Z to 1978-08-07 19:13Z 60° 16' N, 10° 28' W Click for more
197705 Radiosonde 1978-08-07 19:57Z to 1978-08-07 20:40Z 60° 14' N, 10° 29' W Click for more
197717 Radiosonde 1978-08-07 21:43Z to 1978-08-07 22:21Z 60° 15' N, 10° 30' W Click for more
197729 Radiosonde 1978-08-07 23:50Z to 1978-08-08 00:31Z 60° 14' N, 10° 30' W Click for more
197730 Radiosonde 1978-08-08 06:16Z to 1978-08-08 06:58Z 60° 14' N, 10° 29' W Click for more
197742 Radiosonde 1978-08-08 07:31Z to 1978-08-08 08:10Z 60° 15' N, 10° 29' W Click for more
197754 Radiosonde 1978-08-08 11:58Z to 1978-08-08 12:34Z 60° 15' N, 10° 30' W Click for more
197766 Radiosonde 1978-08-08 15:02Z to 1978-08-08 15:39Z 60° 15' N, 10° 29' W Click for more
197778 Radiosonde 1978-08-08 18:03Z to 1978-08-08 18:44Z 60° 15' N, 10° 29' W Click for more
197791 Radiosonde 1978-08-22 06:19Z to 1978-08-22 06:51Z 59° 42' N, 12° 34' W Click for more
197809 Radiosonde 1978-08-22 07:32Z to 1978-08-22 08:04Z 59° 42' N, 12° 36' W Click for more
197810 Radiosonde 1978-08-22 08:52Z to 1978-08-22 09:20Z 59° 42' N, 12° 34' W Click for more
197822 Radiosonde 1978-08-22 09:59Z to 1978-08-22 10:30Z 59° 43' N, 12° 37' W Click for more
197834 Radiosonde 1978-08-22 11:49Z to 1978-08-22 12:17Z 59° 43' N, 12° 40' W Click for more
197846 Radiosonde 1978-08-22 13:35Z to 1978-08-22 14:04Z 59° 44' N, 12° 33' W Click for more
197858 Radiosonde 1978-08-22 14:38Z to 1978-08-22 15:12Z 59° 46' N, 12° 28' W Click for more
197871 Radiosonde 1978-08-22 15:57Z to 1978-08-22 16:38Z 59° 45' N, 12° 30' W Click for more
197883 Radiosonde 1978-08-22 17:14Z to 1978-08-22 17:50Z 59° 45' N, 12° 32' W Click for more
197895 Radiosonde 1978-08-22 18:35Z to 1978-08-22 19:08Z 59° 45' N, 12° 32' W Click for more
197902 Radiosonde 1978-08-22 19:43Z to 1978-08-22 20:03Z 59° 45' N, 12° 35' W Click for more
197914 Radiosonde 1978-08-22 20:37Z to 1978-08-22 21:08Z 59° 49' N, 12° 33' W Click for more
197926 Radiosonde 1978-08-24 06:12Z to 1978-08-24 06:44Z 59° 45' N, 12° 31' W Click for more
197938 Radiosonde 1978-08-24 07:37Z to 1978-08-24 08:12Z 59° 46' N, 12° 33' W Click for more
197951 Radiosonde 1978-08-24 08:50Z to 1978-08-24 09:55Z 59° 45' N, 12° 28' W Click for more
197963 Radiosonde 1978-08-24 10:14Z to 1978-08-24 10:50Z 59° 45' N, 12° 29' W Click for more
198641 Radiosonde 1978-07-17 11:41Z to 1978-07-17 12:41Z 60° 13' N, 10° 31' W Click for more
198653 Radiosonde 1978-07-17 20:57Z to 1978-07-17 21:27Z 60° 13' N, 10° 33' W Click for more
198665 Radiosonde 1978-07-19 11:46Z to 1978-07-19 12:20Z 60° 12' N, 10° 31' W Click for more
198677 Radiosonde 1978-07-20 07:03Z to 1978-07-20 07:20Z 60° 16' N, 10° 34' W Click for more
198689 Radiosonde 1978-07-20 09:05Z to 1978-07-20 09:50Z 60° 14' N, 10° 31' W Click for more
198690 Radiosonde 1978-07-20 10:44Z to 1978-07-20 11:08Z 60° 13' N, 10° 33' W Click for more
198708 Radiosonde 1978-07-20 12:46Z to 1978-07-20 13:28Z 60° 15' N, 10° 29' W Click for more
198721 Radiosonde 1978-07-20 14:03Z to 1978-07-20 14:44Z 60° 13' N, 10° 34' W Click for more
198733 Radiosonde 1978-07-20 16:50Z to 1978-07-20 17:12Z 60° 13' N, 10° 33' W Click for more
198745 Radiosonde 1978-07-20 18:52Z to 1978-07-20 19:16Z 60° 13' N, 10° 33' W Click for more
198757 Radiosonde 1978-07-20 19:57Z to 1978-07-20 20:01Z 60° 13' N, 10° 33' W Click for more
198769 Radiosonde 1978-07-22 14:13Z to 1978-07-22 14:46Z 60° 15' N, 10° 34' W Click for more
198770 Radiosonde 1978-07-30 06:59Z to 1978-07-30 07:07Z 60° 16' N, 10° 28' W Click for more
198782 Radiosonde 1978-07-30 08:25Z to 1978-07-30 08:42Z 60° 15' N, 10° 29' W Click for more
198794 Radiosonde 1978-07-30 10:50Z to 1978-07-30 10:58Z 60° 15' N, 10° 29' W Click for more
198801 Radiosonde 1978-07-30 12:48Z to 1978-07-30 13:17Z 60° 15' N, 10° 30' W Click for more
198813 Radiosonde 1978-07-30 14:03Z to 1978-07-30 14:23Z 60° 15' N, 10° 29' W Click for more
198825 Radiosonde 1978-07-30 15:15Z to 1978-07-30 15:58Z 60° 16' N, 10° 28' W Click for more

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