BODC Cruise Metadata Report for RRS Discovery (74E3) cruise D105
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 Discovery (74E3) cruise D105 |
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Short name | D105 |
Objectives and Narrative |
1. Continued benthic and midwater sampling in the Porcupine Sea Bight area for comparison with data gained on previous cruises.
2. A day and night vertical series of midwater hauls for S.M.B.A biologists at their routine benthic sampling station in the Rockall Trough. 3. A series of oblique midwater hauls along the 13W or 17W meridian to investigate the influence of the Mediterranean outflow and the delineation of zoogeographic boundaries. 4. A transect of benthic sledge tows out from the continental shelf of North West Africa to abyssal plain depths. 5. A survey of any fronts encountered in the Porcupine Sea Bight area. 6. Midwater hauls using the low level photometer to fish specific isolumes. |
Ship | RRS Discovery |
Departure Port | Barry, United Kingdom |
Departure Date | 1979-08-29 |
Arrival Port | South Shields, United Kingdom |
Arrival Date | 1979-10-23 |
Principal Scientist(s) | Peter J Herring (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Wormley Laboratory) |
Responsible Organisation | Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Wormley Laboratory |
Associated Project(s) | |
IHB Sea Areas Visited | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
Marsden Squares Visited | 110/146/182/74/75 |
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 | |
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CTD stations |
Quantity:
number of stations =
15
Description: |
Optics (eg underwater light levels) |
Quantity:
28
Description: |
Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: |
Chemical oceanography | |
Oxygen |
Quantity:
5
Description: |
Biology and fisheries | |
Birds | Description: identification,physiology,population structures |
Nekton | Description: |
Neuston | Description: |
Other biological/fisheries measurement | Description: bioluminescence |
Zoobenthos |
Quantity:
26
Description: |
Zooplankton | Description: |
Geology and geophysics | |
Core - soft bottom |
Quantity:
number of cores =
2
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 |
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2 | CTD/STD cast |
Electrical conductivity of the water column Salinity of the water column Temperature 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 | |
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289386 | CTD/STD cast | 1979-09-01 07:44Z to 1979-09-01 07:46Z | 54° 37' N, 12° 25' W | Click for more |
289398 | CTD/STD cast | 1979-09-11 18:26Z | 49° 40' N, 14° 3' W | Click for more |
Project Database
No data currently held for this cruise in the BODC Project Database