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RRS Challenger CH81

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RRS Challenger (74CH)
Cruise identifierCH81
Cruise period1991-07-01 — 1991-07-08
StatusCompleted
Port of departureDunstaffnage, United Kingdom
Port of returnTroon, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
Objectives1. To collect CTD profiles and large-volume water samples at standard positions between the Sound of Mull and the shelf-edge west of Barra for radiocaesium studies.
2. To service the DML current meter mooring in the Tiree Passage.
3. To work the CTD stations of the Anton Dohrn Seamount (Ellett Line) section, between the shelf-edge and Rockall, to continue the Rockall Trough time-series as a UK contribution to WOCE Goal 3.
4. To work the Rockall - Malin Head CTD section for further investigation of recent water mass changes west of Britain.
5. To collect Craib cores for microbiological enrichment studies at 3-4 sites.
6. To work shelf CTD sections in the Sea of the Hebrides and North Channel as time permits.
7. To collect wave data for POL using the ship's radar.
Chief scientistDavid J Ellett (Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory)
ProjectWOCE
Cruise reportRRS Challenger CH81 cruise report ch81_91.pdf (0.15 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralInner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland
North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
SpecificScottish continental shelf and Rockall Channel
Track chartsRRS Challenger CH81 cruise track — trk3699.html
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
BathythermographQuantity: number of profiles = 4
Description: XBT along Rockall-Malin Head section
CTD stationsQuantity: number of stations = 48
Current metersQuantity: number of deployments = 1
Description: 2 cms deployed
Chemical oceanography 
RadioactivityQuantity: number of stations = 10
Description: Radiocaesium sampling, Mull to shelf edge
Biology and fisheries 
Biochemical measurements (eg lipids, amino acids)Quantity: number of cores = 6
Description: cores - Craib cores for microbiological studies
Moorings, landers, buoys 
Physical oceanography 
Current meters56° 37' 0" N  6° 24' 0" W — Mooring laid 1 July for recovery Nov 1991, Sounding 47m, cms at 27 & 37m depth
Data held at BODC Get data
Series/Profiles 
48  CTD/STD cast
Vertical spatial coordinates
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
3161831991-07-02 10:59 56° 52' 54" N  8° 30' 6" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316183
3161951991-07-02 13:56 56° 57' 24" N  8° 47' 17" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316195
3163551991-07-03 20:07 57° 31' 59" N  12° 37' 54" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316355
3164471991-07-04 11:21 57° 22' 30" N  15° 30' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316447
3160911991-07-01 22:26 56° 44' 5" N  6° 27' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316091
3161091991-07-02 00:37 56° 44' 12" N  6° 44' 48" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316109
3163671991-07-03 22:19 57° 32' 23" N  12° 51' 54" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316367
3164111991-07-04 04:19 57° 30' 0" N  13° 59' 53" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316411
3164841991-07-05 04:12 57° 13' 0" N  13° 14' 53" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316484
3164961991-07-05 05:10 57° 10' 12" N  13° 6' 35" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316496
3165521991-07-05 23:30 56° 26' 6" N  11° 3' 6" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316552
3165761991-07-06 07:39 56° 7' 0" N  10° 12' 6" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316576
3161461991-07-02 06:10 56° 44' 12" N  7° 40' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316146
3161581991-07-02 08:31 56° 47' 23" N  7° 59' 53" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316158
3162751991-07-03 04:42 57° 22' 18" N  10° 40' 18" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316275
3163311991-07-03 14:29 57° 29' 35" N  11° 51' 11" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316331
3166071991-07-06 13:39 55° 56' 6" N  9° 37' 54" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316607
3161101991-07-02 01:42 56° 43' 59" N  7° 0' 6" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316110
3162021991-07-02 14:58 57° 0' 6" N  9° 0' 6" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316202
3163061991-07-03 10:09 57° 28' 0" N  11° 19' 5" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316306
3163791991-07-03 23:50 57° 33' 6" N  13° 0' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316379
3163921991-07-04 02:43 57° 35' 6" N  13° 38' 5" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316392
3164351991-07-04 08:20 57° 25' 0" N  15° 0' 18" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316435
3161221991-07-02 04:17 56° 44' 12" N  7° 20' 5" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316122
3161341991-07-02 05:12 56° 43' 59" N  7° 29' 53" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316134
3162631991-07-03 01:40 57° 17' 59" N  10° 23' 5" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316263
3164601991-07-05 01:11 57° 22' 59" N  13° 44' 48" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316460
3164721991-07-05 02:40 57° 17' 59" N  13° 30' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316472
3162141991-07-02 16:52 57° 2' 59" N  9° 13' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316214
3165641991-07-06 04:38 56° 15' 0" N  10° 32' 30" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316564
3160781991-07-01 21:32 56° 41' 12" N  6° 16' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316078
3161711991-07-02 09:58 56° 50' 12" N  8° 20' 6" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316171
3162261991-07-02 18:02 57° 6' 0" N  9° 24' 53" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316226
3162871991-07-03 07:03 57° 24' 6" N  10° 52' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316287
3163181991-07-03 11:34 57° 29' 5" N  11° 31' 54" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316318
3165031991-07-05 06:54 57° 6' 11" N  12° 55' 47" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316503
3165401991-07-05 19:33 56° 37' 0" N  11° 33' 6" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316540
3160661991-07-01 19:48 56° 40' 0" N  6° 8' 53" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316066
3162381991-07-02 20:11 57° 8' 59" N  9° 41' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316238
3162511991-07-02 22:54 57° 13' 59" N  10° 3' 6" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316251
3163431991-07-03 17:22 57° 30' 24" N  12° 15' 11" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316343
3164591991-07-04 14:05 57° 19' 59" N  16° 0' 6" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316459
3165391991-07-05 15:48 56° 46' 59" N  12° 2' 48" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316539
3163801991-07-04 01:20 57° 34' 5" N  13° 20' 6" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316380
3162991991-07-03 08:39 57° 27' 6" N  11° 4' 54" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316299
3164231991-07-04 06:13 57° 27' 24" N  14° 30' 6" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316423
3165151991-07-05 10:06 56° 58' 54" N  12° 33' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316515
3165881991-07-06 10:48 56° 0' 0" N  9° 50' 6" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 316588