Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Clione (74CN) |
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Cruise identifier | CLI14/82 |
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Cruise period | 1982-10-25 — 1982-11-02 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1. To carry out a water quality survey of the offshore Tyne area from Blythe to Seaham to assess the impact of sewage dumping.
2. To occupy 3 anchor stations close to the dump site and measure water quality and currents over 13 hour periods.
3. To occupy an offshore anchor station in approximately 50 metres of water within the dumping area and to repeat the inshore anchor station.
All aims were successfully completed. |
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Chief scientist | J Alan Durance (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.08 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
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Specific | Tyne-Tees |
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Track charts | |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 105 |
CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 40 |
Currents measured from ship drift | Quantity: number of deployments = 5 Description: direct reading from anchored ship |
Chemical oceanography | |
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Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 105 |
Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 105 |
Nitrite | Quantity: number of stations = 105 |
Ammonia | Quantity: number of stations = 105 |
Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 91 |