RRS Challenger CH28

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Ship name (ship code)

RRS Challenger (74CH)

Cruise identifier

CH28

Cruise period

1988-04-29 — 1988-05-14

Status

Completed

Port of departure

Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom

Port of return

Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom

Purpose

Research

Objectives

1. To test the proposed cruise track.
2. Along the track to make continuous measurements of:
(a) Sea surface temperature, conductivitiy, transmittance, fluorescence , dissolved oxygen and up- and down-welling irradiance.
(b) To obtain water samples with a rosette sampler for calibration of the CTD sensors and for nutrient and trace metals analysis.
3. To obtain sufficient cores to enable the benthic fluxes experiment to select six representative sites where measurements will be made during the survey cruises.
4. To deploy and recover four moorings at 52 30N 2 25E.
5. To test the instrumentation, techniques and methods to be used during the survey cruises, including the shipborne computer.
6. To train people to operate the equipment; a mid-cruise port call at Tynemouth will enable the exchange of personnel.
7. To extend the survey data set (August 1988 - October 1989) by obtaining data in May 1988.

Chief scientist

M John Howarth (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Bidston Laboratory)

Project

NERC North Sea Project

Coordinating body

NERC

Cruise report

(10 MB)

Ocean/sea areas

General

North Sea

Specific

Leg 1: Southern North Sea; Leg 2: Off East Coast of England

Track charts

(0.04 MB)

Measurements

Physical oceanography

Surface measurements underway (T,S)

Quantity: track kilometres = 3704

CTD stations

Quantity: number of stations = 163

Transparency (eg transmissometer)

Quantity: track kilometres = 3704

Transparency (eg transmissometer)

Quantity: number of stations = 164

Current meters

Quantity: number of stations = 3
Description: 3 deployed;14 days

Other physical oceanographic measurements

Quantity: track kilometres = 3704

Chemical oceanography

Oxygen

Quantity: number of stations = 164

Phosphate

Quantity: number of stations = 164

Nitrate

Quantity: number of stations = 164

Silicate

Quantity: number of stations = 164

Trace elements

Quantity: number of stations = 50

Contamination

Suspended matter

Quantity: number of stations = 164

Trace metals

Quantity: number of stations = 50

Biology and fisheries

Other biological/fisheries measurement

Quantity: track kilometres = 3704
Description: bioluminescence and distribution studies

Meteorology

Incident radiation

Quantity: track kilometres = 3704

Other meteorological measurements

Quantity: track kilometres = 3704
Description: Air sea interface studies

Geology and geophysics

Core - soft bottom

Quantity: number of cores = 41
Description: chemical analysis

Data held at BODC

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Series/Profiles

163 CTD/STD cast

Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column
Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column
Density of the water column

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BODC id	Date/Time	Location
781039	1988-05-09 11:10	53° 35' 3" N 2° 22' 37" E
781052	1988-05-09 14:22	53° 34' 55" N 2° 59' 50" E
781285	1988-05-10 23:19	54° 54' 2" N 0° 13' 49" W
781482	1988-05-12 10:15	53° 35' 49" N 0° 1' 28" W
781501	1988-05-12 11:31	53° 32' 59" N 0° 5' 29" E
781562	1988-05-12 19:41	53° 12' 55" N 0° 46' 15" E
781666	1988-05-02 04:26	53° 32' 7" N 3° 23' 52" E
781758	1988-05-02 10:06	53° 36' 51" N 4° 35' 22" E
781955	1988-05-03 16:21	54° 34' 39" N 6° 24' 46" E
782123	1988-05-04 19:53	55° 30' 0" N 6° 42' 12" E
782184	1988-05-05 06:26	55° 30' 1" N 5° 10' 14" E
782215	1988-05-05 13:25	55° 29' 58" N 3° 53' 36" E
782252	1988-05-01 01:14	51° 30' 18" N 1° 45' 1" E
782332	1988-05-06 07:19	55° 30' 0" N 0° 17' 41" E
782393	1988-05-06 14:55	55° 29' 37" N 0° 53' 17" W
782461	1988-05-07 01:16	55° 44' 47" N 1° 14' 55" W
782694	1988-05-08 17:36	53° 53' 54" N 0° 35' 7" E
780976	1988-05-09 02:25	53° 35' 39" N 0° 50' 43" E
780988	1988-05-09 04:52	53° 35' 21" N 1° 15' 6" E
781156	1988-05-10 03:08	54° 39' 57" N 2° 7' 27" E
781193	1988-05-10 07:55	55° 10' 1" N 1° 45' 11" E
781469	1988-05-12 05:48	53° 31' 25" N 0° 23' 27" E
781470	1988-05-12 09:39	53° 35' 50" N 0° 1' 10" W
781494	1988-05-12 10:58	53° 34' 23" N 0° 3' 24" E
781513	1988-05-12 12:27	53° 33' 10" N 0° 13' 54" E
781537	1988-05-12 16:52	53° 10' 14" N 0° 31' 38" E
781586	1988-05-13 00:48	53° 0' 52" N 1° 26' 41" E
781629	1988-05-13 18:34	52° 25' 0" N 2° 59' 24" E
781630	1988-05-13 20:16	52° 20' 18" N 3° 19' 53" E
781678	1988-05-14 01:11	52° 21' 29" N 3° 59' 49" E
781838	1988-05-02 23:44	54° 12' 46" N 5° 16' 37" E
781967	1988-05-03 18:22	54° 24' 37" N 6° 42' 35" E
782203	1988-05-05 11:09	55° 29' 59" N 4° 17' 50" E
782590	1988-05-07 22:38	54° 39' 4" N 0° 52' 52" W
782682	1988-05-08 14:15	54° 5' 50" N 0° 31' 28" E
782713	1988-05-08 22:01	53° 33' 9" N 0° 26' 49" E
780964	1988-05-01 15:48	52° 26' 4" N 3° 41' 57" E
781015	1988-05-09 08:36	53° 39' 1" N 1° 57' 3" E
781144	1988-05-10 01:29	54° 29' 50" N 2° 14' 45" E
781200	1988-05-10 09:47	55° 19' 55" N 1° 37' 39" E
781377	1988-05-11 14:01	54° 40' 7" N 2° 7' 48" E
781389	1988-05-11 17:00	54° 25' 5" N 1° 45' 13" E
781433	1988-05-12 00:41	53° 46' 39" N 0° 48' 4" E
781605	1988-05-13 06:04	52° 29' 34" N 2° 24' 7" E
781691	1988-05-14 02:32	52° 29' 26" N 4° 10' 10" E
781710	1988-05-14 05:12	52° 36' 48" N 4° 0' 30" E
781771	1988-04-30 12:15	52° 15' 13" N 2° 50' 10" E
781826	1988-05-02 21:49	54° 23' 5" N 4° 58' 18" E
781887	1988-05-03 07:00	53° 39' 0" N 6° 10' 46" E
781979	1988-05-03 20:06	54° 14' 55" N 7° 0' 16" E
782043	1988-05-04 06:45	54° 16' 14" N 7° 44' 17" E
782080	1988-05-04 14:40	55° 4' 0" N 7° 15' 35" E
782135	1988-05-04 21:33	55° 29' 55" N 6° 24' 4" E
782196	1988-05-05 08:35	55° 30' 6" N 4° 44' 21" E
782344	1988-05-06 08:54	55° 30' 7" N 0° 0' 6" E
782368	1988-05-06 13:20	55° 30' 7" N 0° 36' 0" W
781040	1988-05-09 12:43	53° 34' 55" N 2° 39' 55" E
781064	1988-05-09 15:53	53° 30' 28" N 2° 58' 58" E
781120	1988-05-09 22:09	54° 9' 48" N 2° 29' 52" E
781181	1988-05-10 06:23	54° 59' 58" N 1° 52' 8" E
781248	1988-05-10 18:19	55° 12' 1" N 0° 37' 41" E
781273	1988-05-10 21:40	55° 0' 0" N 0° 2' 39" E
781297	1988-05-11 00:50	54° 48' 56" N 0° 0' 7" E
781316	1988-05-11 03:59	54° 39' 11" N 0° 30' 49" E
781365	1988-05-11 11:31	54° 39' 2" N 1° 43' 16" E
781574	1988-05-12 22:40	53° 1' 7" N 1° 3' 36" E
781617	1988-05-13 16:04	52° 30' 0" N 2° 24' 57" E
781709	1988-05-14 03:38	52° 36' 34" N 4° 19' 13" E
781863	1988-05-03 03:46	53° 56' 23" N 5° 46' 57" E
781875	1988-05-03 05:20	53° 49' 59" N 5° 59' 51" E
781899	1988-04-30 16:14	52° 10' 11" N 2° 19' 49" E
781943	1988-05-03 14:24	54° 19' 41" N 6° 24' 34" E
782018	1988-04-30 20:17	52° 4' 37" N 1° 49' 41" E
782055	1988-05-04 08:21	54° 25' 17" N 7° 40' 47" E
782111	1988-05-04 17:55	55° 29' 43" N 7° 0' 2" E
782159	1988-05-04 23:02	55° 30' 1" N 6° 6' 4" E
782160	1988-05-05 00:42	55° 29' 48" N 5° 48' 25" E
782227	1988-05-05 15:12	55° 29' 52" N 3° 29' 34" E
782264	1988-05-05 20:39	55° 29' 56" N 2° 18' 33" E
782436	1988-05-06 21:32	55° 43' 56" N 1° 47' 24" W
782541	1988-05-07 16:14	54° 53' 44" N 0° 16' 8" W
782553	1988-05-07 17:51	54° 48' 39" N 0° 31' 27" W
782589	1988-05-07 21:43	54° 39' 43" N 0° 59' 4" W
782645	1988-05-08 04:48	54° 38' 49" N 0° 7' 36" E
782669	1988-05-08 09:30	54° 28' 5" N 0° 31' 32" E
782701	1988-05-08 19:49	53° 44' 23" N 0° 30' 35" E
780952	1988-04-30 09:06	52° 11' 47" N 3° 26' 45" E
781027	1988-05-09 10:01	53° 35' 7" N 2° 10' 12" E
781261	1988-05-10 19:55	55° 6' 10" N 0° 20' 3" E
781445	1988-05-02 00:09	53° 18' 42" N 3° 7' 43" E
781525	1988-05-12 15:30	53° 20' 14" N 0° 30' 22" E
781549	1988-05-12 17:49	53° 5' 40" N 0° 29' 51" E
781642	1988-05-13 21:57	52° 8' 6" N 3° 28' 37" E
781746	1988-05-02 07:53	53° 33' 26" N 4° 11' 21" E
781795	1988-05-02 14:53	54° 5' 59" N 4° 35' 5" E
781918	1988-05-03 10:45	53° 55' 9" N 6° 25' 3" E
782067	1988-05-04 10:29	54° 37' 47" N 7° 32' 20" E
782092	1988-05-04 16:18	55° 16' 53" N 7° 7' 46" E
782172	1988-05-05 02:32	55° 29' 56" N 5° 30' 8" E
782320	1988-05-06 05:47	55° 29' 57" N 0° 36' 25" E
782356	1988-05-06 11:37	55° 30' 15" N 0° 18' 11" W
782577	1988-05-07 20:37	54° 41' 22" N 0° 54' 45" W
782725	1988-05-09 00:21	53° 31' 3" N 0° 40' 59" E
782737	1988-05-04 06:53	54° 16' 24" N 7° 44' 16" E
781076	1988-05-09 17:24	53° 39' 54" N 2° 52' 7" E
781421	1988-05-11 22:23	53° 58' 38" N 1° 3' 53" E
781119	1988-05-09 20:35	54° 0' 2" N 2° 37' 43" E
781304	1988-05-11 02:22	54° 44' 3" N 0° 15' 40" E
781341	1988-05-11 07:10	54° 38' 57" N 1° 2' 49" E
781550	1988-05-02 01:58	53° 30' 49" N 2° 59' 26" E
781722	1988-05-14 06:24	52° 36' 44" N 3° 46' 43" E
781814	1988-05-02 19:10	54° 35' 0" N 4° 35' 19" E
781980	1988-05-03 21:36	54° 6' 3" N 7° 0' 41" E
781992	1988-05-03 23:13	54° 0' 24" N 7° 14' 33" E
782031	1988-05-04 04:54	54° 11' 16" N 7° 28' 14" E
782288	1988-05-06 00:51	55° 29' 53" N 1° 30' 6" E
782307	1988-05-06 02:20	55° 29' 53" N 1° 12' 20" E
782424	1988-05-06 19:55	55° 39' 49" N 1° 31' 33" W
782448	1988-05-06 23:19	55° 51' 55" N 1° 30' 15" W
782497	1988-05-07 06:06	55° 9' 43" N 1° 24' 1" W
782516	1988-05-07 12:40	54° 58' 28" N 0° 55' 4" W
782528	1988-05-07 14:29	54° 56' 20" N 0° 36' 2" W
782608	1988-05-08 00:20	54° 39' 12" N 0° 33' 37" W
781088	1988-05-01 17:33	52° 39' 11" N 3° 33' 10" E
781132	1988-05-09 23:43	54° 19' 39" N 2° 23' 39" E
781212	1988-05-10 11:54	55° 29' 28" N 1° 30' 13" E
781236	1988-05-10 16:31	55° 18' 0" N 0° 54' 56" E
781408	1988-05-11 19:57	54° 10' 10" N 1° 22' 54" E
781654	1988-05-14 00:00	52° 13' 50" N 3° 49' 1" E
781783	1988-05-02 12:12	53° 47' 42" N 4° 34' 54" E
781906	1988-05-03 08:34	53° 43' 4" N 6° 30' 8" E
782147	1988-04-30 22:32	51° 47' 12" N 1° 47' 17" E
782239	1988-05-05 16:52	55° 30' 0" N 3° 6' 31" E
782276	1988-05-05 22:56	55° 29' 53" N 1° 54' 22" E
782485	1988-05-07 04:50	55° 19' 50" N 1° 28' 15" W
782504	1988-05-07 07:33	55° 0' 4" N 1° 15' 49" W
782749	1988-05-04 10:41	54° 37' 42" N 7° 32' 32" E
781003	1988-05-09 06:29	53° 38' 39" N 1° 33' 36" E
781107	1988-05-09 18:48	53° 50' 34" N 2° 44' 36" E
781168	1988-05-10 04:50	54° 49' 59" N 1° 59' 56" E
781224	1988-05-10 14:27	55° 24' 26" N 1° 12' 30" E
781328	1988-05-01 22:16	53° 5' 2" N 3° 16' 28" E
781353	1988-05-11 09:10	54° 38' 52" N 1° 19' 1" E
781390	1988-05-11 18:42	54° 15' 4" N 1° 29' 55" E
781457	1988-05-12 03:14	53° 33' 41" N 0° 26' 35" E
781598	1988-05-13 04:32	52° 39' 1" N 2° 9' 25" E
781734	1988-05-02 06:14	53° 33' 33" N 3° 47' 56" E
781802	1988-05-02 17:13	54° 20' 8" N 4° 35' 20" E
781851	1988-05-03 01:46	54° 2' 55" N 5° 35' 11" E
781931	1988-05-03 12:35	54° 6' 12" N 6° 24' 56" E
782006	1988-05-04 00:53	53° 49' 28" N 7° 20' 5" E
782079	1988-05-04 12:34	54° 50' 51" N 7° 24' 12" E
782240	1988-05-05 18:52	55° 29' 58" N 2° 42' 18" E
782319	1988-05-06 04:02	55° 29' 54" N 0° 54' 25" E
782381	1988-05-01 03:53	51° 44' 44" N 2° 16' 4" E
782400	1988-05-06 16:37	55° 29' 55" N 1° 10' 58" W
782412	1988-05-06 18:10	55° 29' 58" N 1° 31' 31" W
782473	1988-05-07 03:33	55° 29' 38" N 1° 31' 27" W
782565	1988-05-07 19:30	54° 43' 49" N 0° 46' 55" W
782621	1988-05-01 14:01	52° 13' 24" N 3° 50' 10" E
782633	1988-05-08 02:36	54° 39' 11" N 0° 12' 43" W
782657	1988-05-08 07:26	54° 39' 4" N 0° 31' 12" E
782670	1988-05-08 11:23	54° 17' 14" N 0° 31' 28" E

Discrete samples

166 CTD frame plus rosette sampler

Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Phytoplankton taxonomic abundance in water bodies
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Zooplankton taxonomy-related abundance per unit volume of the water column
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column
Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column
Microzooplankton taxonomic abundance in water bodies
Phytoplankton generic abundance in water bodies
Density of the water column
Dissolved metal concentrations in the water column

6 Multicorer

Concentration of organic matter in sediments
Temperature of the water column
Sediment water content, porosity and surface area
Metal concentrations in sediment pore waters

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