RRS Charles Darwin CD29
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |||||||||
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Charles Darwin (74AB) | ||||||||
| Cruise identifier | CD29 | ||||||||
| Cruise period | 1987-11-12 — 1987-12-17 | ||||||||
| Status | Completed | ||||||||
| Port of departure | Durban, South Africa | ||||||||
| Port of return | Fremantle, Australia | ||||||||
| Objectives | Physical oceanography. Trans-Indian Hydrographic Section (from Durban to Fremantle). Note: ship returned to port (Durban) after 2 days and sailed again on 15 Nov. | ||||||||
| Chief scientist | John M Toole (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Department of Physical Oceanography) | ||||||||
| Project | WOCE | ||||||||
| Cruise report |  (0.29 MB) | ||||||||
| Ocean/sea areas | |||||||||
| General | Indian Ocean | ||||||||
| Specific | Southern Indian Ocean (29-34degS, 30-115degE) | ||||||||
| Track charts | (0.01 MB) | ||||||||
| Measurements | |||||||||
| Physical oceanography | |||||||||
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: number of profiles = 1 Description: thermosalinograph | ||||||||
| Bathythermograph | Quantity: number of profiles = 1 Description: Bathysystems Inc. XBTs | ||||||||
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 109 Description: salinity samples | ||||||||
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 109 Description: NBIS CTD (WHOI CTD#8 and 9) | ||||||||
| Geochemical tracers (eg freons) | Quantity: number of stations = 109 | ||||||||
| Geochemical tracers (eg freons) | Quantity: number of stations = 109 | ||||||||
| Current profiler (eg ADCP) | Quantity: number of profiles = 1 Description: shipborne ADCP (RDI 150kHz profiler) | ||||||||
| Chemical oceanography | |||||||||
| Oxygen | Quantity: number of samples = 109 Description: oxygen samples | ||||||||
| Oxygen | Quantity: number of stations = 109 Description: O2 sensor attached to NBIS CTD | ||||||||
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 109 | ||||||||
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 109 | ||||||||
| Nitrite | Quantity: number of stations = 109 | ||||||||
| Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 109 | ||||||||
| Isotopes | Quantity: number of stations = 109 Description: tritium and helium-3 | ||||||||
| Data held at BODC | Get data | ||||||||
| Series/Profiles | |||||||||
| 1 Single-beam echosounder | Horizontal spatial co-ordinates Date and time Bathymetry and Elevation
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