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RRS Discovery D130A

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RRS Discovery (74E3)
Cruise identifierD130A
Cruise period1982-06-25 — 1982-07-07
StatusCompleted
Port of departureSanta Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Port of returnFunchal, Portugal
ObjectivesFirst leg of a 2-leg cruise with the following objectives:
(1) To conduct sound ranging trials in the eastern Atlantic from 30-45 N to assess feasibility of long-range detection of neutrally-buoyant floats.
(2) Investigate abyssal water exchange between Madeira and Iberian basins by studying flow through the 'Discovery Gap'
The work undertaken on this leg was:
(1) Bathymetric survey of the Discovery Gap
(2) Recovery of two moorings deployed in 1981 in the Discovery Gap. One recovered, but the other refused to surface.
(3) Working CTD stations in the Discovery Gap
(4) Deployment of a sound source mooring on the Azores-Gibraltar Ridge
(5) Working a series of hydrophone and CTD profiles at varying distance from the sound source mooring.
Chief scientistW John Gould (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Wormley Laboratory)
Cruise reportRRS Discovery D130A cruise report d130.pdf (0.75 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
SpecificMadeira Abyssal Plain
Track chartsRRS Discovery D130A cruise track — trk2843.html
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
CTD stationsQuantity: number of stations = 12
Current metersQuantity: number of recoveries = 1
Description: 1 mooring with 1 c.m.recovered;1 year
Currents measured from ship driftDescription: all cruise
Other physical oceanographic measurementsQuantity: number of stations = 11
Description: acoustic stations
Meteorology 
Routine standard measurementsQuantity: activity duration in days = 4
Geology and geophysics 
Multi-beam echosoundingQuantity: track kilometres = 1481.6
Data held at BODC Get data
Series/Profiles 
12  CTD/STD cast
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
883811982-06-30 15:01 36° 56' 17" N  17° 33' 5" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 88381
884241982-07-03 06:43 33° 53' 59" N  21° 46' 29" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 88424
884611982-07-05 17:29 31° 29' 42" N  21° 50' 41" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 88461
883441982-06-27 21:43 37° 21' 0" N  15° 49' 53" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 88344
883561982-06-29 22:15 37° 16' 41" N  16° 50' 17" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 88356
884001982-07-01 12:53 37° 16' 23" N  19° 38' 47" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 88400
884121982-07-02 09:00 35° 17' 29" N  20° 11' 24" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 88412
883681982-06-30 08:06 37° 3' 53" N  17° 9' 53" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 88368
884361982-07-03 12:00 33° 56' 17" N  21° 46' 5" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 88436
884481982-07-04 19:44 30° 49' 17" N  24° 11' 17" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 88448
883321982-06-27 17:25 36° 39' 18" N  16° 2' 11" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 88332
883931982-06-30 23:54 36° 28' 59" N  18° 31' 11" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 88393