Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
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| Ship name (ship code) | Weather Reporter (74WR) |
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| Cruise identifier | 122 |
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| Cruise period | 1974-04-03 — 1974-04-30 |
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| Status | Completed |
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| Port of departure | Greenock, United Kingdom |
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| Port of return | Greenock, United Kingdom |
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| Purpose | Research |
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| Objectives | Occupation of Ocean Weather Station INDIA (59N, 19W) |
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| Chief scientist | Bob Williams (Institute of Marine Environmental Research, Plymouth) |
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| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
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| Specific | Ocean Weather Station INDIA (59N, 19W) |
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| Track charts | |
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| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
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| Optics (eg underwater light levels) | Quantity: 18 |
| Chemical oceanography | |
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| Phosphate | Quantity: 5 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: 5 |
| Nitrite | Quantity: 5 |
| Silicate | Quantity: 5 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
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| Primary productivity | Quantity: 3 |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: 12 |
| Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | Quantity: 6 |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: 3 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: 12 Description: 4 Longhurst-Hardy plankton recorder tows |