RRS Challenger CH72B

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info.
Ship name (ship code)	RRS Challenger (74CH)
Cruise identifier	CH72B
Cruise period	1990-10-04 — 1990-10-06
Status	Completed
Port of departure	Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom
Port of return	Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom
Objectives	Physical oceanography. Second part of three leg cruise
Chief scientist	David Huntley (Polytechnic South West Institute of Marine Studies)
Project	North Sea Project
Coordinating body	NERC North Sea Project Steering group, POL, UK
Ocean/sea areas
General	North Sea
Specific	Southern North Sea and Dover Straits
Measurements
Physical oceanography
Current profiler (eg ADCP)	Description: Shipborne ADCP
Moorings, landers, buoys
Physical oceanography
Current meters	52° 40' 0" N 3° 40' 0" E — 24 hour deployment of current meter array
Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder)	52° 40' 0" N 3° 40' 0" E — 2 pressure sensor tide gauges,10km apart,recovered 12 days later (next cruise)e
Instrumented wave measurements	52° 40' 0" N 3° 40' 0" E — 24 hours waverider deployment
Other physical oceanographic measurements	52° 40' 0" N 3° 40' 0" E — Ship's radar photography (concurrent with waverider deployment)