RRS Discovery D127

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Ship name (ship code)

RRS Discovery (74E3)

Cruise identifier

D127

Cruise period

1982-04-11 — 1982-04-29

Status

Completed

Port of departure

Gibraltar, Gibraltar

Port of return

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Objectives

The objectives of this cruise were to continue a study of the physical processes in the frontal convergence of North and South Atlantic Central waters off NW Africa. Initial plans were to survey around moorings laid by RRS Shackleton in November 1981 (22N. 18W), but this was relocated to 20N, 20W as permission could not be obtained to work in Moroccan waters.
Specific planned activities were:
(1) Recovery of the three moorings at 22N, 18W. Accomplished.
(2) Batfish and CTD surveys of the NACW/SACW front. Batfish lost on first deployment, but accomplished by CTD survey and yo-yo time series.
(3) Water sampling for chemical speciation studies. Accomplished.
(4) Underway atmospheric dust sampling. Accomplished.

Chief scientist

Peter Hughes (University of Liverpool Department of Oceanography)

Cruise report

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Ocean/sea areas

General

North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)

Specific

E. Central Atlantic

Track charts

Measurements

Physical oceanography

Surface measurements underway (T,S)

CTD stations

Quantity: number of stations = 101

Current meters

Description: 18 c.m.;3 moorings,6 c.m.each,recovered;23 weeks

Meteorology

Routine standard measurements

Data held at BODC

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Series/Profiles

97 CTD/STD cast

Vertical spatial coordinates
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column

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Vertical spatial coordinates
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Temperature of the water column

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BODC id	Date/Time	Location
78466	1982-04-16 23:54 — 1982-04-17 00:07	21° 59' 27" N 18° 34' 12" W
78651	1982-04-19 14:33 — 1982-04-19 14:44	20° 0' 32" N 18° 10' 22" W
78675	1982-04-19 19:02 — 1982-04-19 19:16	19° 59' 42" N 18° 34' 22" W
78699	1982-04-19 23:05 — 1982-04-19 23:21	20° 0' 21" N 18° 52' 12" W
78779	1982-04-20 12:42 — 1982-04-20 13:05	19° 59' 38" N 20° 6' 10" W
78823	1982-04-20 19:03 — 1982-04-20 19:20	20° 2' 42" N 19° 41' 49" W
78835	1982-04-20 20:07 — 1982-04-20 20:22	20° 3' 39" N 19° 42' 36" W
79015	1982-04-21 15:04 — 1982-04-21 15:19	20° 15' 54" N 19° 30' 10" W
79040	1982-04-21 20:39 — 1982-04-21 20:53	20° 0' 57" N 19° 40' 33" W
79064	1982-04-21 21:38 — 1982-04-21 21:54	20° 0' 36" N 19° 40' 44" W
79076	1982-04-21 22:06 — 1982-04-21 22:22	20° 0' 17" N 19° 40' 51" W
79156	1982-04-22 01:30 — 1982-04-22 01:43	19° 58' 15" N 19° 41' 27" W
79261	1982-04-22 06:00 — 1982-04-22 06:14	19° 54' 21" N 19° 40' 26" W
79341	1982-04-22 09:59 — 1982-04-22 10:15	19° 51' 10" N 19° 39' 14" W
79389	1982-04-22 12:02 — 1982-04-22 12:17	19° 49' 22" N 19° 38' 20" W
79433	1982-04-22 15:38 — 1982-04-22 15:48	19° 59' 13" N 19° 39' 57" W
78638	1982-04-19 12:09 — 1982-04-19 12:22	20° 14' 27" N 18° 16' 48" W
78927	1982-04-21 04:21 — 1982-04-21 04:38	20° 11' 52" N 19° 48' 3" W
78964	1982-04-21 09:21 — 1982-04-21 09:36	20° 19' 22" N 19° 48' 25" W
79224	1982-04-22 04:31 — 1982-04-22 04:43	19° 55' 47" N 19° 40' 51" W
79273	1982-04-22 06:30 — 1982-04-22 06:45	19° 53' 52" N 19° 40' 15" W
79353	1982-04-22 10:30 — 1982-04-22 10:47	19° 50' 49" N 19° 39' 3" W
79408	1982-04-22 13:02 — 1982-04-22 13:14	19° 48' 35" N 19° 37' 58" W
78429	1982-04-16 14:11 — 1982-04-16 14:21	22° 9' 50" N 17° 57' 28" W
78454	1982-04-16 22:18 — 1982-04-16 22:30	21° 57' 57" N 18° 26' 42" W
78509	1982-04-17 05:15 — 1982-04-17 05:36	22° 0' 25" N 19° 5' 9" W
78510	1982-04-17 07:07 — 1982-04-17 07:26	22° 0' 46" N 19° 15' 25" W
78522	1982-04-17 08:52 — 1982-04-17 09:03	22° 0' 36" N 19° 26' 9" W
78626	1982-04-19 09:49 — 1982-04-19 10:06	20° 29' 4" N 18° 22' 30" W
78755	1982-04-20 09:02 — 1982-04-20 09:17	20° 0' 32" N 19° 45' 54" W
78859	1982-04-20 21:50 — 1982-04-20 22:04	20° 5' 27" N 19° 43' 44" W
78939	1982-04-21 05:49 — 1982-04-21 06:07	20° 14' 9" N 19° 48' 57" W
79445	1982-04-22 16:03 — 1982-04-22 16:18	19° 58' 44" N 19° 40' 4" W
79482	1982-04-22 18:01 — 1982-04-22 18:16	19° 56' 38" N 19° 40' 33" W
78534	1982-04-17 13:01 — 1982-04-17 13:13	21° 58' 51" N 20° 3' 43" W
78546	1982-04-17 17:02 — 1982-04-17 17:23	22° 0' 14" N 20° 40' 1" W
78571	1982-04-18 21:18 — 1982-04-18 21:36	20° 30' 0" N 19° 37' 4" W
78583	1982-04-19 01:36 — 1982-04-19 01:54	20° 29' 38" N 19° 5' 9" W
78767	1982-04-20 11:02 — 1982-04-20 11:18	20° 0' 0" N 19° 55' 40" W
78792	1982-04-20 17:02 — 1982-04-20 17:17	20° 1' 4" N 19° 40' 44" W
78872	1982-04-20 23:31 — 1982-04-20 23:45	20° 7' 26" N 19° 43' 58" W
78988	1982-04-21 12:12 — 1982-04-21 12:40	20° 18' 7" N 19° 41' 38" W
79107	1982-04-21 22:57 — 1982-04-21 23:13	19° 59' 53" N 19° 40' 58" W
79328	1982-04-22 09:37 — 1982-04-22 09:51	19° 51' 25" N 19° 39' 28" W
78663	1982-04-19 16:45 — 1982-04-19 17:00	20° 0' 14" N 18° 20' 49" W
78731	1982-04-20 04:51 — 1982-04-20 05:09	19° 58' 26" N 19° 23' 13" W
78884	1982-04-21 00:16 — 1982-04-21 00:28	20° 8' 9" N 19° 43' 55" W
78903	1982-04-21 02:20 — 1982-04-21 02:40	20° 10' 12" N 19° 46' 4" W
79039	1982-04-21 18:06 — 1982-04-21 18:21	20° 5' 45" N 19° 22' 51" W
79200	1982-04-22 03:30 — 1982-04-22 03:44	19° 56' 38" N 19° 41' 9" W
79297	1982-04-22 07:30 — 1982-04-22 07:44	19° 52' 58" N 19° 39' 53" W
79316	1982-04-22 08:30 — 1982-04-22 08:46	19° 52' 12" N 19° 39' 50" W
79390	1982-04-22 12:31 — 1982-04-22 12:46	19° 48' 57" N 19° 38' 9" W
79469	1982-04-22 17:01 — 1982-04-22 17:13	19° 57' 46" N 19° 40' 19" W
78442	1982-04-16 19:48 — 1982-04-16 20:00	21° 52' 5" N 18° 3' 5" W
78491	1982-04-17 03:31 — 1982-04-17 03:53	22° 0' 7" N 18° 54' 39" W
78558	1982-04-18 17:52 — 1982-04-18 18:11	20° 30' 39" N 20° 7' 51" W
78595	1982-04-19 03:33 — 1982-04-19 03:52	20° 29' 34" N 18° 54' 28" W
78602	1982-04-19 06:12 — 1982-04-19 06:31	20° 30' 14" N 18° 43' 19" W
78706	1982-04-20 00:49 — 1982-04-20 01:01	20° 0' 21" N 19° 2' 20" W
78718	1982-04-20 02:32 — 1982-04-20 02:43	19° 59' 31" N 19° 12' 43" W
78811	1982-04-20 18:10 — 1982-04-20 18:22	20° 1' 55" N 19° 41' 20" W
78896	1982-04-21 01:21 — 1982-04-21 01:40	20° 9' 21" N 19° 44' 42" W
78940	1982-04-21 07:08 — 1982-04-21 07:25	20° 16' 48" N 19° 49' 37" W
78952	1982-04-21 08:17 — 1982-04-21 08:31	20° 19' 1" N 19° 50' 16" W
78976	1982-04-21 10:20 — 1982-04-21 10:35	20° 18' 46" N 19° 46' 55" W
79003	1982-04-21 13:37 — 1982-04-21 14:00	20° 17' 23" N 19° 35' 52" W
79088	1982-04-21 22:32 — 1982-04-21 22:47	20° 0' 7" N 19° 40' 55" W
79119	1982-04-21 23:27 — 1982-04-21 23:44	19° 59' 38" N 19° 41' 5" W
79120	1982-04-22 00:02 — 1982-04-22 00:16	19° 59' 13" N 19° 41' 16" W
79144	1982-04-22 01:02 — 1982-04-22 01:15	19° 58' 37" N 19° 41' 5" W
79168	1982-04-22 02:01 — 1982-04-22 02:15	19° 57' 50" N 19° 41' 27" W
79494	1982-04-22 18:48 — 1982-04-22 19:03	19° 55' 37" N 19° 40' 40" W
79193	1982-04-22 02:58 — 1982-04-22 03:12	19° 56' 59" N 19° 41' 16" W
79212	1982-04-22 04:04 — 1982-04-22 04:19	19° 56' 5" N 19° 40' 58" W
79304	1982-04-22 08:00 — 1982-04-22 08:16	19° 52' 26" N 19° 39' 46" W
78780	1982-04-20 16:01 — 1982-04-20 16:16	20° 0' 25" N 19° 39' 59" W
78847	1982-04-20 20:54 — 1982-04-20 21:12	20° 4' 33" N 19° 42' 50" W
78860	1982-04-20 22:37 — 1982-04-20 22:52	20° 6' 25" N 19° 44' 5" W
78915	1982-04-21 03:17 — 1982-04-21 03:38	20° 11' 5" N 19° 47' 9" W
79027	1982-04-21 16:31 — 1982-04-21 16:48	20° 10' 30" N 19° 26' 34" W
79052	1982-04-21 21:07 — 1982-04-21 21:22	20° 0' 54" N 19° 40' 37" W
79132	1982-04-22 00:31 — 1982-04-22 00:43	19° 59' 2" N 19° 41' 20" W
79236	1982-04-22 05:00 — 1982-04-22 05:12	19° 55' 22" N 19° 40' 47" W
79248	1982-04-22 05:31 — 1982-04-22 05:46	19° 54' 53" N 19° 40' 37" W
79365	1982-04-22 10:59 — 1982-04-22 11:15	19° 50' 23" N 19° 38' 49" W
79377	1982-04-22 11:30 — 1982-04-22 11:46	19° 49' 55" N 19° 38' 34" W
79457	1982-04-22 16:32 — 1982-04-22 16:45	19° 58' 19" N 19° 40' 12" W
79470	1982-04-22 17:30 — 1982-04-22 17:46	19° 57' 14" N 19° 40' 30" W
78430	1982-04-16 15:33 — 1982-04-16 15:51	21° 59' 29" N 18° 12' 41" W
78478	1982-04-17 01:28 — 1982-04-17 01:47	22° 0' 17" N 18° 43' 19" W
78614	1982-04-19 08:08 — 1982-04-19 08:23	20° 30' 14" N 18° 32' 49" W
78687	1982-04-19 21:24 — 1982-04-19 21:45	19° 59' 56" N 18° 41' 13" W
78743	1982-04-20 07:20 — 1982-04-20 07:37	20° 0' 10" N 19° 34' 47" W
79181	1982-04-22 02:31 — 1982-04-22 02:43	19° 57' 28" N 19° 41' 24" W
79285	1982-04-22 06:59 — 1982-04-22 07:15	19° 53' 27" N 19° 40' 8" W
79421	1982-04-22 15:01 — 1982-04-22 15:16	19° 59' 58" N 19° 39' 59" W

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