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Seaspring Trial 1

Cruise plan

Cruise Info. 
Ship nameSeaspring
Cruise identifierTrial 1
Cruise period1991-05-20 — 1991-05-24
StatusCompleted
Chief scientistMadeleine McDonagh (Marine Pollution Div., Warren Spring Laboratory)
ProjectMAST I-0033 Trial 1
Coordinating bodyEC
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea
SpecificSouthern North Sea
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
CTD stations
Current metersQuantity: number of deployments = 1
Description: VACM current meter deployed and recovered
Current metersQuantity: number of deployments = 1
Description: VAESAT deployed and recovered.
Current metersQuantity: number of deployments = 1
Description: Aanderaa current meter deployed and recovered.
Current metersQuantity: number of deployments = 3
Description: deployed & recovered
Current profiler (eg ADCP)Quantity: number of deployments = 1
Description: ADCP deployed and recovered.
Instrumented wave measurementsQuantity: number of deployments = 1
Description: Waverider buoy deployed and recovered.
Other physical oceanographic measurementsQuantity: number of deployments = 1
Description: Sonar system deployed and recovered.
Other physical oceanographic measurementsQuantity: number of deployments = 132
Description: dye tracer fluorometer
Meteorology 
Incident radiationQuantity: activity duration in days = 5
Description: irradiance
Occasional standard measurementsQuantity: activity duration in days = 5
Description: air temperature - wet & dry bulbs
Other meteorological measurementsQuantity: activity duration in days = 5
Description: wind speed & direction