BODC Cruise Metadata Report for RRS Challenger (74CH) cruise CH2/81
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 CH2/81 |
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Short name | CH2/81 |
Objectives and Narrative |
The objectives of this cruise were:
(1) To service current meter moorings at stations M, (deep water: 57 deg 18 min N, 10 deg 23 min W) and R (shelf: 57N, 9W) and re-lay the mooring at F (deep water: 57.5N, 12.25W. Mooring at R recovered and re-laid: mooring at M recovered: no work at F. (2) To work the DML Rockall via Anton Dohrn Seamount (Ellett Line) CTD section and other sections across the Rockall Channel. Stations R (shelf) to M (deep water between the slope and the seamount) of the primary section worked plus a section across the shelf west of South Uist. (3) To deploy a corrosion potential current meter mooring off South Uist. Accomplished. (4) To collect large-volume surface water samples for radiocaesium analysis, accompanied by CTD profiles, at stations across the Scottish continental shelf. Accomplished with CTD profiles at all but one station. |
Ship | RRS Challenger |
Departure Port | Dunstaffnage, United Kingdom |
Departure Date | 1981-01-26 |
Arrival Port | Barry, United Kingdom |
Arrival Date | 1981-02-04 |
Principal Scientist(s) | David J Ellett (Scottish Marine Biological Association) |
Responsible Organisation | Scottish Marine Biological Association |
Associated Project(s) | |
IHB Sea Areas Visited | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
Marsden Squares Visited | 181;466/181;467/181;477/181;479/182;370 |
Work Area Description | North Atlantic |
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 =
21
Description: |
Current meters |
Quantity:
number of stations =
2
Description: recovered after 114d and relaid;after 112d |
Other physical oceanographic measurements |
Quantity:
number of deployments =
1
Description: corrosion potential c.m. |
Water bottle stations |
Quantity:
number of samples =
16
Description: surface only |
Chemical oceanography | |
Radioactivity | Description: surface water samples collected for radio-caesium analysis. |
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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21 | CTD/STD cast |
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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312502 | CTD/STD cast | 1981-01-27 15:38Z | 56° 40' N, 6° 16' W | Click for more |
312514 | CTD/STD cast | 1981-01-27 17:00Z | 56° 43' N, 6° 27' W | Click for more |
312526 | CTD/STD cast | 1981-01-27 18:45Z | 56° 43' N, 6° 43' W | Click for more |
312538 | CTD/STD cast | 1981-01-27 20:22Z | 56° 43' N, 7° 0' W | Click for more |
312551 | CTD/STD cast | 1981-01-27 22:50Z | 56° 43' N, 7° 19' W | Click for more |
312563 | CTD/STD cast | 1981-01-28 03:38Z | 56° 46' N, 8° 0' W | Click for more |
312575 | CTD/STD cast | 1981-01-28 15:40Z | 57° 12' N, 7° 34' W | Click for more |
312587 | CTD/STD cast | 1981-01-28 17:30Z | 57° 7' N, 7° 49' W | Click for more |
312599 | CTD/STD cast | 1981-01-28 19:55Z | 57° 12' N, 8° 4' W | Click for more |
312606 | CTD/STD cast | 1981-01-28 20:38Z | 57° 13' N, 8° 19' W | Click for more |
312618 | CTD/STD cast | 1981-01-28 22:41Z | 57° 18' N, 8° 37' W | Click for more |
312631 | CTD/STD cast | 1981-01-29 00:43Z | 57° 22' N, 8° 54' W | Click for more |
312643 | CTD/STD cast | 1981-01-29 10:16Z | 56° 52' N, 8° 30' W | Click for more |
312655 | CTD/STD cast | 1981-01-29 21:13Z | 57° 0' N, 9° 0' W | Click for more |
312667 | CTD/STD cast | 1981-01-29 22:37Z | 57° 3' N, 9° 13' W | Click for more |
312679 | CTD/STD cast | 1981-01-29 23:40Z | 57° 4' N, 9° 19' W | Click for more |
312680 | CTD/STD cast | 1981-01-30 00:42Z | 57° 6' N, 9° 25' W | Click for more |
312692 | CTD/STD cast | 1981-01-30 02:40Z | 57° 7' N, 9° 33' W | Click for more |
312711 | CTD/STD cast | 1981-01-30 21:10Z | 57° 9' N, 9° 42' W | Click for more |
312723 | CTD/STD cast | 1981-01-30 23:31Z | 57° 13' N, 10° 3' W | Click for more |
312735 | CTD/STD cast | 1981-01-31 02:22Z | 57° 18' N, 10° 22' W | Click for more |
Project Database
No data currently held for this cruise in the BODC Project Database