RRS Challenger CH100
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Challenger (74CH) |
| Cruise identifier | CH100 |
| Cruise period | 1993-02-25 — 1993-03-03 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | To obtain direct measurements of bed shear and TKE in storm conditions. Sediment and Met data will also be collected. Deployment of meters. Circulation and Sediment Transport Around Banks |
| Chief scientist | Jon J Williams (Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory) |
| Project | MASTII-CSTAB - Circlation and Sediment Transport Around Banks |
| Coordinating body | CEC/MAST |
| Cruise report |  (0.89 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Middelkerke Bank, Southern North Sea, 5120N;00245E |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of deployments = 4 Description: deployed |
| Current profiler (eg ADCP) | Quantity: number of deployments = 2 Description: deployed |
| Surface drifters/drifting buoys | Quantity: number of deployments = 1 Description: Decca argos buoys 2 days during cruise. |
| Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder) | Quantity: number of deployments = 1 |
| Instrumented wave measurements | Quantity: number of deployments = 2 |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | Quantity: number of deployments = 1 Description: STABLE deployed |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 60 Description: surficial sediment - shipek grab |
| Moorings, landers, buoys | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Current meters | 51° 20' 53" N 2° 45' 54" E — S4/RCM U 20 water depth, at 5m and 10m above bed |
| Current meters | 51° 16' 12" N 2° 41' 6" E — S4/RCM U, depth 20m, meters at 5m and 10m above bed |
| Current meters | 51° 18' 17" N 2° 43' 23" E — RCM in 20m |
| Current meters | 51° 17' 47" N 2° 44' 17" E — RCM single point mooring in 20m |
| Current profiler (eg ADCP) | 51° 20' 30" N 2° 45' 54" E — moored ADCP deployed |
| Current profiler (eg ADCP) | 51° 19' 54" N 2° 44' 35" E — pop-up ADCP deployed in 20m water |
| Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder) | 51° 15' 54" N 2° 41' 12" E — Bottom mounted pressure gauge in 20m |
| Instrumented wave measurements | 51° 18' 47" N 2° 43' 41" E — Waverider in 15m |
| Instrumented wave measurements | 51° 18' 11" N 2° 44' 42" E — Waverider in 20m water |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | 51° 20' 35" N 2° 46' 18" E — STABLE wave/current/sediment interacts deployed |
