Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
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Cruise identifier | 5/68 |
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Cruise period | 1968-05-20 — 1968-05-29 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
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Objectives | 500 bottom drift indicators were released between 2 stations near Buckie.
A current meter mooring deployed near Rosehearty. 4 parachute drogues were released here and the other buoy.
Work was curtailed due to persistent dense fog. |
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Chief scientist | Harry D Dooley (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.14 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 9 |
Surface drifters/drifting buoys | Quantity: number of deployments = 500 Description: parach.drogue/curr.cross/bottom |
Other physical oceanographic measurements | Description: current msmnt. from moored ocean.stat. |
Meteorology | |
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Routine standard measurements | |