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RRS Challenger CH15/81

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RRS Challenger (74CH)
Cruise identifierCH15/81
Cruise period1981-10-06 — 1981-10-20
StatusCompleted
Port of departureBarry, United Kingdom
Port of returnArdrossan, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
Objectives1. To service SMBA current meter moorings at stations F (57º 30'N, 12º 15'W), M (57º 18'N, 10º 23'W) and R (57ºN, 9ºW).
2. To lay two bottom current meter moorings to the west of Porcupine Bank for joint SMBA/MAFF studies at positions A1-52º 30'N. 14º 46'W. (500m.) and A2-52º 30'NN. 14º 54'W. (750m).
3. To work the Anton Dohrn Seamount (Ellett Line) CTD section and other sections as time permits.
4. Service the toroidal mooring at the fouling studies site west of S. Uist. Position at 57º 18.7'N, 7º 38.7W.
5. To continue seasonal benthos studies in the south and central Rockall Channel at 54º 40'N 12º 16'W., Epibenthic Sledge Haul for one hour. Near station M, priority given to Agassiz trawl but if time allows - an epibenthic sledge haul will be done.
6. To lay two Bidston pressure recorders in the vicinity of mooring M and at the foot of the continental slope.
7. To collect Clarke-Bumpus plankton net samples and CTD profiles across the slope region of S.W Ireland for the University College of Galway.
8. To collect 50 litre water samples for radiocaesium analysis and CTD profiles at ten standard positions between the shelf-edge and the Sound of Mull.
Chief scientistAnton Edwards (Scottish Marine Biological Association)
Cruise reportRRS Challenger CH15/81 cruise report ch15_81.pdf (0.35 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralInner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland
North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
SpecificN.E. Atlantic
Track chartsRRS Challenger CH15/81 cruise track — trk2745.html
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Water bottle stationsQuantity: number of stations = 30
Description: S surface only
CTD stationsQuantity: number of stations = 37
Description: noisy salinity
Current metersQuantity: number of stations = 3
Description: 156d;157d;67d
Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder)Description: pressure records
Chemical oceanography 
RadioactivityDescription: water samples for radio-caesium monitoring.
Data held at BODC Get data
Series/Profiles 
36  CTD/STD cast
Vertical spatial coordinates
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
1870411981-10-10 23:00 52° 37' 53" N  15° 0' 18" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 187041
1869891981-10-08 15:28 51° 19' 53" N  10° 12' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 186989
1870281981-10-10 21:35 52° 36' 54" N  14° 50' 42" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 187028
1870651981-10-11 02:47 52° 39' 11" N  15° 20' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 187065
1872861981-10-18 15:42 57° 17' 53" N  8° 2' 41" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 187286
1869771981-10-08 12:05 51° 17' 29" N  9° 49' 48" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 186977
1872491981-10-17 20:30 57° 1' 29" N  9° 6' 29" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 187249
1870161981-10-10 19:10 52° 36' 0" N  14° 40' 17" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 187016
1870771981-10-11 05:00 52° 40' 59" N  15° 30' 11" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 187077
1870531981-10-11 01:57 52° 39' 5" N  15° 9' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 187053
1871691981-10-15 04:10 57° 22' 5" N  10° 39' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 187169
1872371981-10-17 18:39 57° 2' 53" N  9° 13' 5" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 187237
1872621981-10-18 12:45 57° 18' 17" N  7° 44' 29" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 187262
1871941981-10-17 00:41 57° 8' 53" N  9° 42' 5" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 187194
1872501981-10-17 22:13 57° 0' 23" N  9° 1' 35" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 187250
1871451981-10-15 01:00 57° 27' 0" N  11° 4' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 187145
1872131981-10-17 15:05 57° 5' 53" N  9° 24' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 187213
1871571981-10-15 02:25 57° 23' 59" N  10° 51' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 187157
1871701981-10-15 23:00 57° 15' 47" N  10° 18' 53" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 187170
1873291981-10-19 21:53 56° 41' 17" N  6° 17' 41" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 187329
1871821981-10-16 18:34 57° 13' 47" N  10° 3' 5" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 187182
1870901981-10-14 00:53 57° 31' 48" N  12° 37' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 187090
1873171981-10-19 20:55 56° 43' 47" N  6° 27' 18" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 187317
1869651981-10-08 08:22 51° 20' 29" N  9° 20' 11" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 186965
1872011981-10-17 02:05 57° 7' 30" N  9° 33' 11" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 187201
1873051981-10-19 19:19 56° 43' 53" N  6° 44' 24" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 187305
1872741981-10-18 14:06 57° 19' 53" N  7° 55' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 187274
1870891981-10-11 07:30 52° 42' 0" N  15° 40' 5" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 187089
1869901981-10-08 20:25 51° 22' 41" N  10° 35' 35" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 186990
1870041981-10-10 18:33 52° 34' 53" N  14° 30' 11" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 187004
1871081981-10-14 16:59 57° 29' 53" N  12° 13' 23" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 187108
1871331981-10-14 23:26 57° 27' 59" N  11° 18' 36" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 187133
1872251981-10-17 16:53 57° 4' 23" N  9° 19' 23" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 187225
1873301981-10-19 22:50 56° 39' 59" N  6° 7' 5" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 187330
1871211981-10-14 21:40 57° 28' 59" N  11° 32' 6" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 187121
1872981981-10-19 17:50 56° 43' 53" N  7° 0' 41" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 187298