Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RRS Shackleton (74SF) |
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Cruise identifier | S7/82 |
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Cruise period | 1982-07-28 — 1982-08-10 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Liverpool, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Barry, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | To obtain further measurements of bottom boundary layer velocity turbulance at a number of stations and throughout the tidal cycle |
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Chief scientist | Simon R Ferguson (University of Liverpool Department of Oceanography) |
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Cruise report | (0.06 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
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Track charts | |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 23 |
Current meters | Quantity: 2 Description: 5 days |
Other physical oceanographic measurements | Quantity: 36 Description: bottom boundary layer turbulence deployments |
Contamination | |
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Trace metals | Quantity: 18 Description: Hg |
Other contaminant measurements | Quantity: 34 Description: atmospheric particulate and heavy metals concentrations |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Other biological/fisheries measurement | Quantity: 25 Description: ATP-ADP-AMP concentrations |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Multi-beam echosounding | Quantity: 85 |