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BODC Cruise Metadata Report for RV Knorr cruise 316N151_2

Introduction

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

Cruise Inventory Information

Long name RV Knorr cruise 316N151_2
Short name 316N151_2
Objectives and Narrative Working WOCE hydrographic section A24.
Warm Water Entry and Transformation Within the Subpolar North Atlantic.
Hydrographic cruise enclosing a large portion of the North Atlantic Sub Polar Gyre (SPG) between Greenland and the Azores. Hydrographic survey consisted of CTD/rosette sections between the Azores and Greenland. 153 stations were occupied. Water samples (up to 31) and CTD data were collected in most cases to within 10 m of the bottom. Measurements consisted of salinity, dissolved oxygen and nutrient (nitrite, nitrate, phosphaet and silicate) measurements made from bottles taken on CTD/rosette casts plus pressure temperature, salinity and dissolved oxygen from CTD profiles. During the cruise 1 URI RAFOS mooring, 12 ALACE floats, 17 Rafos floats and 45 XBT's were deployed.
Ship RV Knorr
Departure Port Ponta Delgada, Portugal
Departure Date 1997-05-29
Arrival Port Halifax, Canada
Arrival Date 1997-07-04
Principal Scientist(s) Lynne D Talley (Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
Responsible Organisation Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Associated Project(s) WOCE
IHB Sea Areas Visited North Atlantic Ocean, Greenland Sea
Marsden Squares Visited 111;4/146;2/146;3/146;4/147;1/147;2/148;1/148;3/181;4/182;1/182;2/182;3/182;4/183;3/184;1/184;2/184;4/185;3/219;2/220;1/220;2
Work Area Description
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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 = 154
Description:  
Geochemical tracers (eg freons) Quantity: number of stations = 131
Description: Freon-12  
Geochemical tracers (eg freons) Quantity: number of stations = 131
Description: Freon-11  
Chemical oceanography  
Alkalinity Quantity: number of stations = 132
Description:  
Carbon dioxide Quantity: number of stations = 136
Description: Total inorganic carbon (TCO2)  
Nitrate Quantity: number of stations = 153
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Nitrite Quantity: number of stations = 153
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Oxygen Quantity: number of stations = 146
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Oxygen Quantity: number of stations = 153
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Phosphate Quantity: number of stations = 153
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Silicate Quantity: number of stations = 153
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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
1 Single-beam echosounder Bathymetry and Elevation
Date and time
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates

Note: Parameter terms are taken from the BODC Parameter Discovery Vocabulary XML (SKOS)

Full List

BODC Reference Instrument Description Date/Time Location  
581732 Single-beam echosounder 1997-05-29 23:30Z to 1997-07-04 02:15Z 37° 42' N to 64° 46' N; 58° 44' W to 0° 27' W Click for more

Project Database

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

References

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