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RV Corella 6/77

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RV Corella (74CX)
Cruise identifier6/77
Cruise period1977-04-13 — 1977-04-25
StatusCompleted
Port of departureLowestoft, United Kingdom
Port of returnLowestoft, United Kingdom
PurposeTrials
Objectives1. To test the H.I.A.C. particle oounter and new biological instrumentation.
2. To investigate the variations in biological and physical phenomena in
one and two dimension and at different depths in non-frontal systems of the Central Southern North Sea.
3. Recover lost current meters if time permits.
Chief scientistD S Tungate (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory)
Cruise reportRV Corella 6/77 cruise report corella06_77.pdf (0.09 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea
Track chartsRV Corella 6/77 cruise track — trk1928.html
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Surface measurements underway (T,S)Description: continuous underway measurements
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurementsDescription: continuous underway measurements
Transparency (eg transmissometer)Description: continuous underway measurements
Contamination 
Suspended matterQuantity: number of samples = 379
Biology and fisheries 
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)