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RRS Challenger CH101B

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RRS Challenger (74CH)
Cruise identifierCH101B
Cruise period1993-03-13 — 1993-03-20
StatusCompleted
Port of departureOban, United Kingdom
Port of returnArdrossan, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
Objectives1. To collect water samples for radiocaesium studies and for nutrient and phytoplanktonic analysis at standard positions between the Sound of Mull and the shelf edge West of Barra: to make CTD profiles on this line.
2. To maintain 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 and to collect nutrient and phytoplankton samples.
4. To maintain the DML/WOCE temperature-salinity mooring at station M in the Rockall Trough.
5. To work shelf CTD sections in the Sea of the Hebrides and the Clyde Sea area.
6. To collect sediment cores and grab samples from the Clyde Sea and Hebridean shelf.
Chief scientistAnton Edwards (Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory)
Cruise reportRRS Challenger CH101B cruise report ch101_93.pdf (0.71 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralInner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland
North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
SpecificRockall
Track chartsRRS Challenger CH101B cruise track — ch101_93track.pdf (0.03 MB) 
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
CTD stationsQuantity: number of stations = 27
Description: oxygens rejected due to lack of calibration
Data held at BODC Get data
Series/Profiles 
27  CTD/STD cast
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
3852701993-03-14 00:05 56° 40' 41" N  6° 16' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385270
3853011993-03-14 12:55 56° 43' 59" N  6° 59' 53" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385301
3853371993-03-14 22:55 56° 46' 29" N  8° 1' 23" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385337
3854291993-03-17 22:32 55° 31' 0" N  5° 26' 5" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385429
3854541993-03-18 02:52 55° 43' 5" N  5° 19' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385454
3855221993-03-18 10:53 55° 25' 36" N  5° 2' 53" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385522
3853251993-03-14 18:44 56° 43' 47" N  7° 40' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385325
3854421993-03-18 01:09 55° 39' 6" N  5° 25' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385442
3855091993-03-18 08:23 55° 36' 0" N  5° 0' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385509
3855341993-03-18 11:45 55° 20' 53" N  5° 4' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385534
3852821993-03-14 01:22 56° 43' 59" N  6° 27' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385282
3853981993-03-17 18:30 55° 16' 41" N  5° 16' 41" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385398
3853621993-03-15 07:33 57° 2' 53" N  9° 13' 12" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385362
3853861993-03-15 21:11 57° 17' 53" N  10° 23' 5" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385386
3852691993-03-13 21:06 56° 40' 0" N  6° 7' 54" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385269
3853131993-03-14 16:56 56° 42' 42" N  7° 20' 41" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385313
3853491993-03-15 01:18 56° 53' 5" N  8° 30' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385349
3854911993-03-18 06:29 55° 39' 47" N  5° 4' 5" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385491
3855101993-03-18 09:11 55° 30' 54" N  4° 59' 6" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385510
3854781993-03-18 05:29 55° 44' 12" N  5° 10' 41" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385478
3854661993-03-18 03:58 55° 47' 59" N  5° 15' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385466
3853501993-03-15 06:26 56° 59' 48" N  9° 2' 35" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385350
3854051993-03-17 20:21 55° 21' 6" N  5° 21' 54" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385405
3854171993-03-17 21:40 55° 25' 54" N  5° 26' 24" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385417
3852941993-03-14 11:43 56° 43' 11" N  6° 44' 35" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385294
3853741993-03-15 18:23 57° 21' 54" N  10° 40' 18" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385374
3854301993-03-18 00:16 55° 34' 47" N  5° 24' 47" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 385430