BODC Cruise Metadata Report for RV Nathaniel B. Palmer cruise 3206145_3

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

Long name	RV Nathaniel B. Palmer cruise 3206145_3
Short name	3206145_3
Objectives and Narrative	Indian Ocean WOCE line SO41, a meridional circumnavigation of Antarctica at the nominal latitude of 60 S (longitudes 20 E to 120 E). 108 full-depth CTD stations were occupied and a dedicated CFC archive-sample. Nine self-reporting current meters and 17 ALACE floats were deployed.
Ship	RV Nathaniel B. Palmer
Departure Port	Cape Town, South Africa
Departure Date	1996-05-03
Arrival Port	Hobart, Australia
Arrival Date	1996-07-04
Principal Scientist(s)	James H Swift (Scripps Institution of Oceanography), Thomas Whitworth III (Texas A+M Department of Oceanography)
Responsible Organisation	Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Texas A+M Department of Oceanography
Associated Project(s)
IHB Sea Areas Visited	Indian Ocean
Marsden Squares Visited
Work Area Description
Work Area Bounding Polygon
Southern Limit	unknown
Northern Limit	unknown
Western Limit	unknown
Eastern Limit	unknown

No information on datasets is currently available for this cruise

No information on datasets is currently available

# 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)

BODC Reference	Instrument Description	Date/Time	Location
582631	Single-beam echosounder	1996-05-05 13:22Z to 1996-06-28 13:41Z	66° 25' S to 34° 9' S; 1° 12' E to 125° 3' E	Click for more

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