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Forth Ranger FR0290

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)Forth Ranger (74FR)
Cruise identifierFR0290
Cruise period1990-02-19 — 1990-02-21
StatusCompleted
Port of departurePort Edgar, United Kingdom
Port of returnPort Edgar, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
Objectives1. To deploy and maintain a current meter/transmissometer mooring.
2. To undertake chemical surveys of the Firth of Forth and Forth estuary.
Chief scientistPhilip W Balls (Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory)
Cruise reportForth Ranger FR0290 cruise report forth_ranger_jan90.pdf (0.04 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralInner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland
North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Transparency (eg transmissometer)
Current metersQuantity: 2
Moorings, landers, buoys 
Physical oceanography 
Current meters56° 0' 0" N  3° 22' 59" W — laid mooring with 2acm and 2 transm. due up May 1990