BODC Cruise Metadata Report for FS Meteor (06M3) cruise M28_2

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	FS Meteor (06M3) cruise M28_2
Short name	M28_2
Objectives and Narrative	This cruise studied the area between Walvis Bay and Buenos Aires as part of the WOCE Deep Basin Experiment (DBE). Primary focus was on water mass distribution and spreading within the Brazil Basin. The advection of Antarctic Intermediate Water on its west- and northward paths was investigated in combination with the southward transport of North Atlantic Deep Water and Antarctic Bottom Water. Special attention was given to the overflow phenomenon across the Rio Grande Rise at the Hunter Channel. Direct current observations by moored instruments and drifting buoys near the surface and the 1000 m depth were initiated. Seven previously deployed deep-sea current meter and thermistor chain moorings were recovered. The investigation also included radiative measurements at the sea surface, an environmental chemistry component and sediment sampling in combination with CTD.
Ship	FS Meteor
Departure Port	Walvis Bay, Namibia
Departure Date	1994-05-15
Arrival Port	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Arrival Date	1994-06-14
Principal Scientist(s)	Walter Zenk (Institute of Marine Sciences, Kiel)
Responsible Organisation	Institute of Marine Sciences, Kiel
Associated Project(s)	WOCE
IHB Sea Areas Visited	South West Atlantic Ocean (limit 20W)
Marsden Squares Visited	374/410/411/412
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
Bathythermograph	Quantity: number of profiles = 89 Description:
CTD stations	Quantity: number of stations = 44 Description:
Current meters	Quantity: 10 Description: ADCP/ACM
GEK	Description: cont.
Neutrally buoyant floats	Quantity: 29 Description: RAFOS float launches & MAFOS deployments
Surface drifters/drifting buoys	Quantity: number of deployments = 20 Description: Argos
Contamination
Other contaminant measurements	Description: cont. chlorinated paraffins, akkrylnitrates
Meteorology
Incident radiation	Description: cont. radiation thermometry
Geology and geophysics
Other geological/geophysical measurements	Quantity: number of deployments = 10 Description: Coremeters: minicorere, jointly with CTD soundings