Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name | Vickers Venturer |
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Cruise identifier | 26/69 |
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Cruise period | 1969-06-16 — 1969-07-03 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Liverpool, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Liverpool, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1. To investigate the process of diffusion, using a continuous source of rhodamine B dye as a tracer, in two representative areas of the Irish Sea
2. To make observations of the physical environment, including the conditions of temperature, salinity and current, in which the diffusion takes place. |
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Chief scientist | Kenneth F Bowden (University of Liverpool Department of Oceanography), Peter Hughes (University of Liverpool Department of Oceanography) |
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Cruise report | (4.16 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 19 |
Currents measured from ship drift | Description: anchored vessel |
Surface drifters/drifting buoys | Description: parach.drogue |
Other physical oceanographic measurements | Description: moored ocean.station |
Other physical oceanographic measurements | Description: dynamic diffusion |