The main purpose of the cruise was the occupation of expendable bathythermograph (XBT) section on a great circle track from Barbados to the Azores (Fig. 1) These measurements were accompanied by surface temperature and salinity measurements from the towed temperature/salinity (T/S) fish and precision echo-sounder (PES) depth measurements.
Chief scientist
W John Gould (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Wormley Laboratory)