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BODC Cruise Metadata Report for RRS Challenger (74CH) cruise CH24

Introduction

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

Cruise Inventory Information

Long name RRS Challenger (74CH) cruise CH24
Short name CH24
Objectives and Narrative Physical Oceanography. Scottish Coastal Current
Ship RRS Challenger
Departure Port
Departure Date 1988-02-03
Arrival Port
Arrival Date 1988-02-15
Principal Scientist(s) John H Simpson (University of Wales, Bangor School of Ocean Sciences)
Responsible Organisation University of Wales, Bangor School of Ocean Sciences
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;455/181;456/181;457/181;458/181;466/181;467/181;468/181;469/181;476/181;477/181;485/181;486/181;489
Work Area Description Atlantic waters, West of 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 = 91
Description: floppy Neil Brown Mark III  
Current meters Quantity: number of deployments = 17
Description: floppy 60 days  
Surface measurements underway (T,S) Description: floppy  
Water bottle stations Quantity: number of stations = 139
Description: S surface 60 T surface  
Chemical oceanography  
Isotopes Quantity: number of samples = 25
Description:  
Nitrate Quantity: number of stations = 70
Description:  
Nitrite Quantity: number of stations = 70
Description:  
Phosphate Quantity: number of stations = 70
Description:  
Radioactivity Quantity: number of samples = 25
Description:  
Silicate Quantity: number of stations = 70
Description:  
Biology and fisheries  
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) Quantity: number of stations = 58
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
91 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  
294493 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-03 18:22Z 55° 46' N, 5° 13' W Click for more
294500 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-03 19:34Z 55° 43' N, 5° 21' W Click for more
294512 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-03 20:22Z 55° 40' N, 5° 25' W Click for more
294524 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-03 21:48Z 55° 30' N, 5° 25' W Click for more
294536 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-03 22:43Z 55° 25' N, 5° 24' W Click for more
294548 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-03 23:33Z 55° 19' N, 5° 22' W Click for more
294561 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-04 00:21Z 55° 15' N, 5° 22' W Click for more
294573 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-04 01:16Z 55° 10' N, 5° 30' W Click for more
294585 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-04 02:00Z 55° 9' N, 5° 36' W Click for more
294597 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-04 09:37Z 56° 3' N, 6° 28' W Click for more
294604 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-04 11:56Z 55° 57' N, 6° 45' W Click for more
294616 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-04 14:05Z 55° 57' N, 7° 0' W Click for more
294628 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-04 19:03Z 55° 57' N, 7° 17' W Click for more
294641 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-04 17:13Z 56° 3' N, 7° 37' W Click for more
294653 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-05 20:40Z 56° 45' N, 8° 33' W Click for more
294665 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-05 21:57Z 56° 46' N, 8° 12' W Click for more
294677 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-05 23:16Z 56° 45' N, 7° 59' W Click for more
294689 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-06 00:11Z 56° 45' N, 7° 49' W Click for more
294690 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-06 01:22Z 56° 45' N, 7° 40' W Click for more
294708 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-06 02:21Z 56° 45' N, 7° 30' W Click for more
294721 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-06 03:20Z 56° 45' N, 7° 21' W Click for more
294733 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-06 04:22Z 56° 45' N, 7° 10' W Click for more
294745 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-06 05:23Z 56° 46' N, 7° 1' W Click for more
294757 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-06 06:20Z 56° 45' N, 6° 52' W Click for more
294769 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-06 07:17Z 56° 45' N, 6° 42' W Click for more
294770 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-06 08:15Z 56° 46' N, 6° 31' W Click for more
294782 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-06 09:12Z 56° 45' N, 6° 20' W Click for more
294794 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-06 13:15Z 57° 10' N, 6° 30' W Click for more
294801 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-06 14:12Z 57° 9' N, 6° 39' W Click for more
294813 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-06 15:15Z 57° 10' N, 6° 49' W Click for more
294825 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-06 16:08Z 57° 10' N, 7° 0' W Click for more
294837 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-06 17:06Z 57° 10' N, 7° 10' W Click for more
294849 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-06 19:03Z 57° 24' N, 7° 6' W Click for more
294850 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-06 19:52Z 57° 22' N, 7° 0' W Click for more
294862 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-06 20:56Z 57° 24' N, 6° 49' W Click for more
294874 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-06 23:36Z 57° 49' N, 6° 40' W Click for more
294886 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-07 00:25Z 57° 49' N, 6° 30' W Click for more
294898 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-07 01:20Z 57° 49' N, 6° 22' W Click for more
294905 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-07 02:09Z 57° 49' N, 6° 12' W Click for more
294917 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-07 02:54Z 57° 49' N, 6° 3' W Click for more
294929 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-07 03:47Z 57° 49' N, 5° 53' W Click for more
294930 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-07 06:52Z 58° 9' N, 5° 30' W Click for more
294942 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-07 08:05Z 58° 10' N, 5° 39' W Click for more
294954 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-07 09:10Z 58° 10' N, 5° 50' W Click for more
294966 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-07 10:01Z 58° 10' N, 6° 0' W Click for more
294978 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-07 11:03Z 58° 10' N, 6° 9' W Click for more
294991 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-07 13:47Z 58° 25' N, 6° 3' W Click for more
295005 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-07 14:50Z 58° 30' N, 6° 9' W Click for more
295017 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-07 15:45Z 58° 30' N, 5° 58' W Click for more
295029 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-07 16:53Z 58° 30' N, 5° 49' W Click for more
295030 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-07 17:53Z 58° 30' N, 5° 40' W Click for more
295042 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-07 18:55Z 58° 30' N, 5° 31' W Click for more
295054 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-07 19:43Z 58° 30' N, 5° 20' W Click for more
295066 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-07 20:46Z 58° 30' N, 5° 10' W Click for more
295078 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-08 09:40Z 57° 27' N, 7° 5' W Click for more
295091 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-11 21:17Z 56° 1' N, 8° 0' W Click for more
295109 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-11 22:40Z 56° 1' N, 7° 51' W Click for more
295110 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-11 23:52Z 56° 1' N, 7° 40' W Click for more
295122 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-12 00:56Z 56° 2' N, 7° 30' W Click for more
295134 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-12 01:57Z 56° 1' N, 7° 19' W Click for more
295146 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-12 02:55Z 56° 1' N, 7° 9' W Click for more
295158 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-12 04:09Z 56° 1' N, 7° 0' W Click for more
295171 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-12 05:11Z 56° 1' N, 6° 50' W Click for more
295183 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-12 06:06Z 56° 3' N, 6° 40' W Click for more
295195 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-12 07:01Z 56° 3' N, 6° 29' W Click for more
295202 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-13 15:49Z 56° 45' N, 8° 34' W Click for more
295214 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-13 16:55Z 56° 45' N, 8° 44' W Click for more
295226 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-13 18:03Z 56° 45' N, 8° 55' W Click for more
295238 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-14 16:09Z 57° 40' N, 7° 48' W Click for more
295251 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-14 17:59Z 57° 48' N, 8° 9' W Click for more
295263 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-14 19:30Z 57° 51' N, 8° 30' W Click for more
295275 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-14 20:59Z 57° 52' N, 8° 49' W Click for more
295287 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-14 22:11Z 57° 53' N, 9° 0' W Click for more
295841 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-05 04:48Z 56° 45' N, 9° 30' W Click for more
295853 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-05 07:44Z 56° 45' N, 9° 8' W Click for more
295865 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-05 10:46Z 56° 46' N, 9° 7' W Click for more
295877 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-05 13:46Z 56° 46' N, 9° 4' W Click for more
295889 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-05 16:10Z 56° 47' N, 9° 3' W Click for more
295890 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-05 17:20Z 56° 48' N, 9° 1' W Click for more
295908 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-05 19:29Z 56° 45' N, 8° 43' W Click for more
295921 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-13 18:47Z 56° 45' N, 9° 1' W Click for more
295933 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-13 19:28Z 56° 46' N, 9° 3' W Click for more
295945 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-13 20:08Z 56° 46' N, 9° 4' W Click for more
295957 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-13 21:16Z 56° 46' N, 9° 6' W Click for more
295969 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-13 22:43Z 56° 45' N, 9° 9' W Click for more
295970 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-14 00:51Z 56° 45' N, 9° 19' W Click for more
295982 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-14 23:30Z 57° 55' N, 9° 10' W Click for more
295994 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-15 01:31Z 57° 56' N, 9° 33' W Click for more
296008 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-15 02:39Z 57° 57' N, 9° 41' W Click for more
296021 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-15 04:00Z 57° 57' N, 9° 43' W Click for more
296033 CTD/STD cast 1988-02-15 05:25Z 57° 58' N, 9° 48' W Click for more

Project Database

No data currently held for this cruise in the BODC Project Database

References

Track Charts

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Reports

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