RRS Charles Darwin CD32
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Charles Darwin (74AB) |
| Cruise identifier | CD32 |
| Cruise period | 1988-04-03 — 1988-05-02 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lae, Papua New Guinea |
| Port of return | Suva, Fiji |
| Objectives | To study the heat and momentum budgets of the mixed layer. Two leg cruise: 19-MAR-88 to 01-APR-88, 02-APR-98 to 02-MAY-88 |
| Chief scientist | Kelvin Richards (University of Southampton Department of Oceanography) |
| Cruise report |  (0.79 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North West Pacific Ocean (limit 180W) South West Pacific Ocean (limit 140W) |
| Specific | Western Equatorial Pacific - between Solomon and Gilbert Islands |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 15 |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: track kilometres = 3500 Description: Sea Soar |
| Transparency (eg transmissometer) | Quantity: number of stations = 15 |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of stations = 1 Description: 3 Vaecms,2 Vacms, 10days |
| Currents measured from ship drift | Description: Spar buoy w. 2 thermistor chains + Bertha |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | Description: ADCP ap. 2000km |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | Quantity: number of stations = 15 |
| Meteorology | |
| Incident radiation | |
| Routine standard measurements | |
| Other meteorological measurements | Description: cont. Met. package- IOSDL |
