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RV Corystes COR3/95
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RV Corystes (74RY) |
Cruise identifier | COR3/95 |
Cruise period | 1995-02-25 — 1995-03-06 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
Port of return | North Shields, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | 1. To recover the Tetrapod, STABLE II and Quadrapod from off the Holderness coast. A POL (Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory) waverider buoy will also be recovered (AE0207A0).
2. To recover a line of 4 Minipods perpendicular to the Holderness Coast (AE0207A0). 3. To conduct a survey of the Holderness Coast and Humber area with the Sidescan, ADCP and RoxAnn (AE0207A0). 4. To test a new VHF tracking system on the Argos buoy with revised transmitter. 5. To evaluate and calibrate the new RoxAnn seabed discrimination system over a range of sediment types and depths. 6. To evaluate a new Sidescan digitiser/storage unit over a range of bedform types. |
Chief scientist | Jonathon Mark Rees (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
Cruise report | (0.30 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
Specific | Holderness, Yorkshire and North Norfolk coasts |
Track charts | |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
Current meters | Quantity: number of stations = 6 Description: 5 near bed velocity meters recovered |
Geology and geophysics | |
Long/short range side scan sonar | Quantity: activity duration in days = 7 Description: days side scan survey |
Moorings, landers, buoys | |
Physical oceanography | |
Current meters | 53° 49' 0" N 0° 7' 0" E — Near bed velocity meter recovered |
Current meters | 53° 42' 0" N 0° 4' 59" E — Near bed velocity meter recovered |
Current meters | 53° 46' 59" N 0° 13' 59" E — |
Current meters | 53° 51' 0" N 0° 9' 0" E — Near bed velocity meter recovered |
Current meters | 53° 43' 0" N 0° 6' 0" E — Near bed velocity meter recovered |
Current meters | 53° 43' 59" N 0° 7' 0" E — Near bed velocity meter recovered |