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BODC Cruise Metadata Report for RRS Discovery (74E3) cruise D45

Introduction

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

Cruise Inventory Information

Long name RRS Discovery (74E3) cruise D45
Short name D45
Objectives and Narrative To complete the latitudinal series of vertical plankton observations made over the past few years.
Ship RRS Discovery
Departure Port Barry, United Kingdom
Departure Date 1972-02-04
Arrival Port Barry, United Kingdom
Arrival Date 1972-04-16
Principal Scientist(s) Peter M David (National Institute of Oceanography)
Responsible Organisation National Institute of Oceanography
Associated Project(s)
IHB Sea Areas Visited North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
Marsden Squares Visited 39/75
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  
CTD stations Quantity: number of stations = 65
Description:  
Water bottle stations Quantity: number of stations = 5
Description:  
Biology and fisheries  
Demersal fish Quantity: number of hauls = 9
Description:  
Eggs and larvae Quantity: 140
Description:  
Nekton Quantity: 136
Description:  
Nekton Quantity: 145
Description:  
Neuston Quantity: 62
Description:  
Pelagic fish Quantity: number of hauls = 136
Description:  
Zoobenthos Quantity: 37
Description:  
Zooplankton Quantity: 147
Description:  
Geology and geophysics  
Dredge Quantity: number of deployments = 5
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
17 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  
297429 CTD/STD cast 1972-02-17 15:55Z 20° 26' N, 21° 46' W Click for more
297430 CTD/STD cast 1972-02-18 01:07Z 19° 48' N, 22° 33' W Click for more
297442 CTD/STD cast 1972-02-18 10:29Z 19° 11' N, 23° 22' W Click for more
297454 CTD/STD cast 1972-02-18 19:29Z 18° 37' N, 24° 14' W Click for more
297466 CTD/STD cast 1972-02-19 04:31Z 18° 0' N, 25° 1' W Click for more
297478 CTD/STD cast 1972-02-22 18:53Z 17° 50' N, 25° 4' W Click for more
297491 CTD/STD cast 1972-03-10 18:53Z 10° 58' N, 20° 18' W Click for more
297509 CTD/STD cast 1972-03-12 23:29Z 10° 59' N, 19° 59' W Click for more
297510 CTD/STD cast 1972-03-15 20:25Z 11° 57' N, 24° 37' W Click for more
297522 CTD/STD cast 1972-03-16 07:08Z 12° 52' N, 25° 19' W Click for more
297534 CTD/STD cast 1972-03-16 21:36Z 13° 51' N, 25° 57' W Click for more
297546 CTD/STD cast 1972-03-17 04:27Z 14° 46' N, 26° 24' W Click for more
297558 CTD/STD cast 1972-03-17 14:13Z 15° 40' N, 26° 28' W Click for more
297571 CTD/STD cast 1972-03-18 00:18Z 16° 40' N, 26° 35' W Click for more
297583 CTD/STD cast 1972-03-31 07:28Z 29° 59' N, 23° 1' W Click for more
297595 CTD/STD cast 1972-04-02 19:50Z 30° 0' N, 23° 0' W Click for more
297602 CTD/STD cast 1972-04-06 15:13Z 29° 59' N, 23° 0' 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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