RRS Shackleton S9/79
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Shackleton (74SF) |
| Cruise identifier | S9/79 |
| Cruise period | 1979-10-04 — 1979-10-17 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Gibraltar, Gibraltar |
| Port of return | Napoli, Italy |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | To investigate the thermohaline step structure which underlies the Levantine Intermediate Water in the Tyrrhenian Sea. |
| Chief scientist | Robert I Tait (University of Liverpool Department of Oceanography) |
| Cruise report |  (0.11 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Strait of Gibraltar (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea - Eastern basin |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: T only |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 45 |
| Meteorology | |
| Routine standard measurements | |
| Atmospheric chemistry | Quantity: number of samples = 24 Description: atm.part.samples. |
