FRV Scotia 13/83
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) |
| Cruise identifier | 13/83 |
| Cruise period | 1983-12-07 — 1983-12-22 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To recover three current meter moorings presently deployed on the Wyville-Thomson Ridge and to deploy one mooring in the Faroe Shetland Channel.
2. To work hydrographic stations in the Faroe Shetland Channel and across the Wyville-Thomson Ridge. 3. To conduct trials of the remote controlled vehicle (RCV) handling facilities. 4. To make observations of BT 101 trawl using the RCV. 5. To deploy satellite buoys. |
| Chief scientist | J H Anthony Martin (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.08 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Wyville Thomson Ridge, Faroe-Shetland Channel, north coast of Scotland, Moray Firth |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: Temperature only |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 5 Description: Surface temperature |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of deployments = 2 Description: 192 days |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Radioactivity | Description: Water samples taken for radio-caesium analysis. |
