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BODC Cruise Metadata Report for RRS Challenger (74CH) cruise CH81

Introduction

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

Cruise Inventory Information

Long name RRS Challenger (74CH) cruise CH81
Short name CH81
Objectives and Narrative 1. To collect CTD profiles and large-volume water samples at standard positions between the Sound of Mull and the shelf-edge west of Barra for radiocaesium studies.
2. To service the DML current meter mooring in the Tiree Passage.
3. To work the CTD stations of the Anton Dohrn Seamount (Ellett Line) section, between the shelf-edge and Rockall, to continue the Rockall Trough time-series as a UK contribution to WOCE Goal 3.
4. To work the Rockall - Malin Head CTD section for further investigation of recent water mass changes west of Britain.
5. To collect Craib cores for microbiological enrichment studies at 3-4 sites.
6. To work shelf CTD sections in the Sea of the Hebrides and North Channel as time permits.
7. To collect wave data for POL using the ship's radar.
Ship RRS Challenger
Departure Port Dunstaffnage, United Kingdom
Departure Date 1991-07-01
Arrival Port Troon, United Kingdom
Arrival Date 1991-07-08
Principal Scientist(s) David J Ellett (Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory)
Responsible Organisation Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory
Associated Project(s) WOCE
IHB Sea Areas Visited Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland, North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
Marsden Squares Visited 181;4/182;3
Work Area Description Scottish continental shelf and Rockall Channel
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  
Bathythermograph Quantity: number of profiles = 4
Description: XBT along Rockall-Malin Head section  
CTD stations Quantity: number of stations = 48
Description:  
Current meters Quantity: number of deployments = 1
Description: 2 cms deployed  
Chemical oceanography  
Radioactivity Quantity: number of stations = 10
Description: Radiocaesium sampling, Mull to shelf edge  
Biology and fisheries  
Biochemical measurements (eg lipids, amino acids) Quantity: number of cores = 6
Description: cores - Craib cores for microbiological studies  

Cruise Inventory Mooring/Buoy Operations

Latitude Longitude Data type Description
56° 37' N 6° 24' W Current meters Mooring laid 1 July for recovery Nov 1991, Sounding 47m, cms at 27 & 37m depth

Summary of BODC Data Holdings for the Cruise

National Oceanographic Database

Summary

# Series Instrument Description Parameters
48 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  
316066 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-01 19:48Z 56° 40' N, 6° 9' W Click for more
316078 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-01 21:32Z 56° 41' N, 6° 16' W Click for more
316091 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-01 22:26Z 56° 44' N, 6° 27' W Click for more
316109 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-02 00:37Z 56° 44' N, 6° 45' W Click for more
316110 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-02 01:42Z 56° 43' N, 7° 0' W Click for more
316122 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-02 04:17Z 56° 44' N, 7° 20' W Click for more
316134 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-02 05:12Z 56° 43' N, 7° 30' W Click for more
316146 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-02 06:10Z 56° 44' N, 7° 40' W Click for more
316158 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-02 08:31Z 56° 47' N, 8° 0' W Click for more
316171 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-02 09:58Z 56° 50' N, 8° 20' W Click for more
316183 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-02 10:59Z 56° 52' N, 8° 30' W Click for more
316195 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-02 13:56Z 56° 57' N, 8° 47' W Click for more
316202 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-02 14:58Z 57° 0' N, 9° 0' W Click for more
316214 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-02 16:52Z 57° 3' N, 9° 13' W Click for more
316226 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-02 18:02Z 57° 6' N, 9° 25' W Click for more
316238 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-02 20:11Z 57° 9' N, 9° 42' W Click for more
316251 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-02 22:54Z 57° 13' N, 10° 3' W Click for more
316263 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-03 01:40Z 57° 18' N, 10° 23' W Click for more
316275 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-03 04:42Z 57° 22' N, 10° 40' W Click for more
316287 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-03 07:03Z 57° 24' N, 10° 52' W Click for more
316299 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-03 08:39Z 57° 27' N, 11° 4' W Click for more
316306 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-03 10:09Z 57° 28' N, 11° 19' W Click for more
316318 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-03 11:34Z 57° 29' N, 11° 31' W Click for more
316331 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-03 14:29Z 57° 29' N, 11° 51' W Click for more
316343 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-03 17:22Z 57° 30' N, 12° 15' W Click for more
316355 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-03 20:07Z 57° 31' N, 12° 37' W Click for more
316367 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-03 22:19Z 57° 32' N, 12° 52' W Click for more
316379 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-03 23:50Z 57° 33' N, 13° 0' W Click for more
316380 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-04 01:20Z 57° 34' N, 13° 20' W Click for more
316392 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-04 02:43Z 57° 35' N, 13° 38' W Click for more
316411 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-04 04:19Z 57° 30' N, 14° 0' W Click for more
316423 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-04 06:13Z 57° 27' N, 14° 30' W Click for more
316435 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-04 08:20Z 57° 25' N, 15° 0' W Click for more
316447 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-04 11:21Z 57° 22' N, 15° 30' W Click for more
316459 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-04 14:05Z 57° 19' N, 16° 0' W Click for more
316460 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-05 01:11Z 57° 22' N, 13° 45' W Click for more
316472 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-05 02:40Z 57° 18' N, 13° 30' W Click for more
316484 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-05 04:12Z 57° 13' N, 13° 15' W Click for more
316496 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-05 05:10Z 57° 10' N, 13° 6' W Click for more
316503 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-05 06:54Z 57° 6' N, 12° 55' W Click for more
316515 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-05 10:06Z 56° 58' N, 12° 33' W Click for more
316539 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-05 15:48Z 56° 46' N, 12° 3' W Click for more
316540 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-05 19:33Z 56° 37' N, 11° 33' W Click for more
316552 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-05 23:30Z 56° 26' N, 11° 3' W Click for more
316564 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-06 04:38Z 56° 15' N, 10° 32' W Click for more
316576 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-06 07:39Z 56° 7' N, 10° 12' W Click for more
316588 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-06 10:48Z 56° 0' N, 9° 50' W Click for more
316607 CTD/STD cast 1991-07-06 13:39Z 55° 56' N, 9° 37' W Click for more

Project Database

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

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