BODC Cruise Metadata Report for RRS Challenger (74CH) cruise CH15/82

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
- National Oceanographic Database
- Projects Database
References - including cruise tracks and cruise reports

Cruise Inventory Information

Long name	RRS Challenger (74CH) cruise CH15/82
Short name	CH15/82
Objectives and Narrative	The objectives of this cruise were: (1) To service the moorings on the four CONSLEX sections across the Scottish Continental Slope between 57N and 59N. Two moorings on one of the sections serviced (bad weather). (2) To service SMBA moorings at stations F and M in the Rockall Channel and relocate mooring P onto the southernmost CONSLEX section. Moorings F and P recovered (P not redeployed). (3) To recover moorings R and Z, service the Tiree Passage mooring and refurbish the fouling studies buoy to the west of South Uist. Not done. R believed lost. Poor weather prevented effective searching at the other stations. (4) To deploy two moorings for Marine Sciences Laboratory, Menai Bridge. One deployed. (5) To work CTD profiles along the CONSLEX sections and the Rockall via Anton Dohrn Seamount (Ellett Line) section. Three stations on the Rockall section worked. (6) To sample chlorophyll across the shelf and slope west of the Outer Hebrides. Not possible as planned second leg of the cruise was cancelled due to industrial action. (7) To collect large-volume samples for radiocaesium analysis with CTD profiles on stations across the Scottish shelf from the Sound of Mull. Not possible for the ship to visit the section.
Ship	RRS Challenger
Departure Port	Invergordon, United Kingdom
Departure Date	1982-10-16
Arrival Port	Ardrossan, United Kingdom
Arrival Date	1982-10-30
Principal Scientist(s)	David J Ellett (Scottish Marine Biological Association)
Responsible Organisation	Scottish Marine Biological Association
Associated Project(s)	CONSLEX (Continental Slope Experiment)
IHB Sea Areas Visited	North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
Marsden Squares Visited	181;4/182;361/182;370
Work Area Description	N. & W. Scotland
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 = 3 Description: noisy salinity
Current meters	Description: 11 deployed; 11 recovered

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
3	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
187342	CTD/STD cast	1982-10-21 19:46Z	57° 25' N, 7° 0' W	Click for more
187354	CTD/STD cast	1982-10-23 14:28Z	57° 29' N, 12° 13' W	Click for more
187366	CTD/STD cast	1982-10-23 18:13Z	57° 31' N, 11° 49' W	Click for more