Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Edward Forbes (74EF) |
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Cruise identifier | B/16/74 |
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Cruise period | 1974-08-23 — 1974-08-29 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Barry, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Barry, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | Bristol Channel survey |
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Chief scientist | Peter G Watson (Institute of Marine Environmental Research, Plymouth) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel Bristol Channel |
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Track charts | |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 16 |
CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 16 |
Transparency (eg transmissometer) | Quantity: 16 |
Chemical oceanography | |
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Trace elements | Quantity: 6 |
Radioactivity | Quantity: number of samples = 16 |
Contamination | |
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Suspended matter | Quantity: 22 |
Trace metals | Quantity: 6 |
Data held at BODC | |
Discrete samples | |
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64 General station with STD/bottles/additional instruments | Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Radioactivity in water bodies
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