FRV Scotia 6/68
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
| Cruise identifier | 6/68 |
| Cruise period | 1968-07-25 — 1968-08-22 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. A study of herring shoal movements (July 25th - August 1st).
2. Hydrographic studies of the northern slope of the North Sea (August 2nd - 8th). 3. Hydrographic studies of the Norwegian Deeps area (August 9th - 22nd). |
| Chief scientist | Alan Saville (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.13 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: T only |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 17 Description: 10 T surface |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 12 |
| Surface drifters/drifting buoys | Description: parach.drogue/curr.cross |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | Description: current msmnt. from moored ocean.stat. |
| Meteorology | |
| Routine standard measurements |
