RRS John Murray JM5/69
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS John Murray (74MJ) |
| Cruise identifier | JM5/69 |
| Cruise period | 1969-06-05 — 1969-06-21 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Gibraltar, Gibraltar |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Phase 1: to study the changes in temperature and salinity structure over several days of the immediate surface layer in relation to certain meteorological parametes.
Phase 2: to continue studying large scale layering structure of the Mediterranean water. |
| Chief scientist | Robert I Tait (University of Liverpool Department of Oceanography) |
| Cruise report |  (0.32 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) Strait of Gibraltar (Mediterranean Sea) |
| Specific | Cape St Vincent |
| Track charts | (0.07 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: activity duration in days = 16 Description: Continuous surface temperature measurements |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of profiles = 38 Description: 2 T surface |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of profiles = 36 |
| Surface drifters/drifting buoys | Description: Buoys with parachute drogue. |
| Meteorology | |
| Routine standard measurements |
