RRS Charles Darwin CD78

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Ship name (ship code)

RRS Charles Darwin (74AB)

Cruise identifier

CD78

Cruise period

1993-04-21 — 1993-05-25

Status

Completed

Port of departure

Ponta Delgada, Portugal

Port of return

Lisbon, Portugal

Purpose

Research

Objectives

This was the third and last scheduled "tracer documentation" cruise associated with the North Atlantic Tracer Release Experiment (NATRE). Its object was to study the rates of both vertical and horizontal mixing in the main pycnocline of the Northeast Atlantic subtropical gyre, using a release of sulphur hexafluoride tracer, marked by neutrally buoyant floats. The task of the present cruise was to document the distribution of the tracer one year after release.

Chief scientist

Andrew J Watson (Marine Biological Association of the UK)

Project

WOCE

Cruise report

(2.61 MB)

Ocean/sea areas

General

North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)

Specific

Canaries

Track charts

(0.08 MB)

Measurements

Physical oceanography

Water bottle stations

Quantity: number of deployments = 32
Description: GC Calibration. GC A: No. of deployments: 17 Max error range: 96.72-1823.3 GC B: No. of deployments: 15 Max error range: 176.54-1724.73

CTD stations

Quantity: number of observations = 241
Description: 241 casts at various stations. Types of cast: 4 x Background 216 x Full 6 x Sled 15 x Short

Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements

Quantity: number of deployments = 4
Description: Sled tows

Data held at BODC

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Series/Profiles

205 CTD/STD cast

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BODC id	Date/Time	Location
977123	1993-04-25 06:26	26° 49' 51" N 31° 20' 7" W
977135	1993-04-25 09:27	26° 31' 59" N 31° 27' 44" W
977147	1993-04-25 11:49	26° 22' 12" N 31° 32' 55" W
977184	1993-04-25 20:42	25° 45' 54" N 31° 51' 28" W
977196	1993-04-25 23:00	25° 35' 49" N 31° 56' 22" W
977215	1993-04-26 03:07	25° 18' 13" N 32° 4' 52" W
977240	1993-04-26 10:48	24° 50' 20" N 32° 18' 0" W
977307	1993-04-26 22:22	24° 4' 57" N 32° 40' 52" W
977381	1993-05-01 12:37	23° 30' 13" N 34° 12' 22" W
977497	1993-05-02 09:56	23° 37' 17" N 33° 15' 12" W
977553	1993-05-03 01:32	23° 30' 33" N 31° 51' 42" W
977670	1993-05-04 09:08	23° 30' 7" N 28° 52' 27" W
977750	1993-05-05 08:31	24° 30' 13" N 28° 32' 52" W
977762	1993-05-05 10:40	24° 30' 7" N 28° 43' 51" W
977774	1993-05-05 12:50	24° 30' 7" N 28° 54' 54" W
977922	1993-05-07 07:12	25° 39' 57" N 30° 23' 0" W
978010	1993-05-08 17:37	26° 22' 12" N 30° 26' 2" W
978126	1993-05-09 20:39	24° 29' 56" N 31° 57' 45" W
978163	1993-05-10 03:45	24° 29' 51" N 32° 47' 10" W
978199	1993-05-10 09:44	24° 30' 6" N 33° 19' 47" W
978206	1993-05-10 11:40	24° 30' 5" N 33° 30' 47" W
978231	1993-05-10 15:37	24° 30' 13" N 33° 52' 54" W
978292	1993-05-11 03:04	24° 30' 12" N 34° 58' 57" W
978544	1993-05-13 13:09	27° 40' 54" N 35° 17' 58" W
978612	1993-05-14 02:42	26° 45' 2" N 34° 29' 50" W
978704	1993-05-14 21:46	25° 30' 5" N 35° 36' 58" W
978790	1993-05-18 00:44	22° 27' 15" N 31° 2' 19" W
978845	1993-05-18 09:37	21° 46' 23" N 30° 31' 37" W
978950	1993-05-19 09:03	22° 58' 21" N 28° 45' 55" W
976722	1993-04-27 09:08	23° 9' 16" N 33° 6' 47" W
976734	1993-04-27 11:55	22° 55' 3" N 33° 13' 16" W
976783	1993-04-27 22:30	22° 0' 28" N 33° 39' 1" W
976992	1993-04-30 04:17	22° 29' 32" N 33° 55' 57" W
977043	1993-04-30 14:36	22° 29' 31" N 34° 59' 50" W
977203	1993-04-26 01:02	25° 26' 55" N 32° 0' 49" W
977436	1993-05-01 22:21	23° 29' 52" N 33° 7' 2" W
977516	1993-05-02 15:09	23° 37' 36" N 32° 39' 34" W
977645	1993-05-04 00:47	23° 30' 18" N 29° 41' 41" W
977725	1993-05-04 22:28	23° 59' 56" N 27° 59' 48" W
977854	1993-05-06 16:19	24° 44' 58" N 31° 6' 24" W
977866	1993-05-06 18:47	24° 30' 2" N 31° 6' 35" W
977958	1993-05-07 14:11	26° 7' 52" N 29° 52' 58" W
978009	1993-05-08 15:12	26° 22' 16" N 30° 9' 11" W
978022	1993-05-08 20:15	26° 22' 1" N 30° 47' 4" W
978071	1993-05-09 05:27	25° 27' 0" N 31° 14' 12" W
978083	1993-05-09 07:35	25° 13' 0" N 31° 20' 34" W
978280	1993-05-11 01:13	24° 30' 5" N 34° 47' 48" W
978335	1993-05-11 10:12	24° 29' 44" N 35° 48' 31" W
978415	1993-05-12 05:10	25° 14' 58" N 36° 53' 45" W
978507	1993-05-13 02:44	27° 15' 11" N 36° 20' 46" W
978593	1993-05-13 22:18	27° 12' 34" N 34° 33' 54" W
978624	1993-05-14 04:56	26° 30' 8" N 34° 30' 5" W
978728	1993-05-15 09:34	24° 15' 7" N 34° 24' 48" W
978913	1993-05-19 00:46	22° 12' 36" N 29° 36' 8" W
978949	1993-05-19 06:35	22° 44' 2" N 29° 1' 31" W
976709	1993-04-30 22:26	22° 59' 58" N 35° 16' 2" W
976802	1993-04-28 04:15	21° 32' 7" N 33° 51' 52" W
976967	1993-04-29 18:30	22° 29' 58" N 32° 52' 2" W
976980	1993-04-30 01:17	22° 30' 8" N 33° 40' 9" W
977332	1993-05-01 01:01	23° 15' 22" N 35° 16' 3" W
977461	1993-05-02 03:16	23° 37' 32" N 32° 58' 10" W
977749	1993-05-05 06:03	24° 29' 54" N 28° 16' 31" W
978151	1993-05-10 01:26	24° 30' 1" N 32° 30' 54" W
978427	1993-05-12 08:15	25° 30' 1" N 36° 37' 36" W
978440	1993-05-12 13:33	25° 59' 43" N 36° 37' 38" W
978600	1993-05-14 00:23	27° 0' 6" N 34° 30' 0" W
978685	1993-05-14 17:12	26° 0' 8" N 35° 36' 58" W
978753	1993-05-15 16:32	24° 20' 57" N 34° 24' 25" W
978789	1993-05-17 22:28	22° 31' 52" N 31° 16' 45" W
978869	1993-05-18 13:54	21° 20' 38" N 30° 31' 55" W
976758	1993-04-27 17:05	22° 28' 12" N 33° 25' 59" W
976838	1993-04-28 14:09	21° 19' 5" N 32° 54' 27" W
976863	1993-04-28 18:18	21° 19' 28" N 32° 22' 19" W
977092	1993-04-24 19:14	28° 17' 7" N 30° 36' 58" W
977160	1993-04-25 16:00	26° 4' 10" N 31° 42' 50" W
977239	1993-04-26 08:02	24° 59' 37" N 32° 14' 14" W
977252	1993-04-26 13:04	24° 41' 13" N 32° 22' 40" W
977288	1993-04-26 19:52	24° 13' 38" N 32° 36' 21" W
977424	1993-05-01 19:49	23° 30' 7" N 33° 23' 0" W
977842	1993-05-06 06:15	24° 29' 58" N 30° 50' 14" W
977934	1993-05-07 09:30	25° 53' 47" N 30° 16' 7" W
977971	1993-05-07 17:44	26° 21' 42" N 29° 35' 51" W
978034	1993-05-08 22:37	26° 8' 19" N 30° 54' 4" W
978046	1993-05-09 00:53	25° 54' 22" N 31° 0' 16" W
978058	1993-05-09 03:12	25° 41' 10" N 31° 7' 14" W
978187	1993-05-10 07:48	24° 29' 52" N 33° 9' 5" W
978488	1993-05-12 23:33	27° 0' 0" N 36° 37' 47" W
978636	1993-05-14 07:06	26° 29' 50" N 34° 46' 51" W
978673	1993-05-14 13:45	26° 30' 7" N 35° 37' 5" W
978870	1993-05-18 16:08	21° 31' 17" N 30° 21' 23" W
978901	1993-05-18 22:49	22° 1' 56" N 29° 46' 48" W
976943	1993-04-29 13:17	22° 30' 11" N 32° 20' 6" W
976826	1993-04-28 10:43	21° 19' 17" N 33° 26' 54" W
976918	1993-04-29 08:23	22° 29' 58" N 31° 50' 24" W
976931	1993-04-29 10:46	22° 29' 56" N 32° 4' 17" W
977006	1993-04-30 07:07	22° 29' 36" N 34° 11' 56" W
977368	1993-05-01 08:35	23° 30' 2" N 34° 44' 2" W
977412	1993-05-01 17:29	23° 30' 27" N 33° 39' 22" W
977448	1993-05-02 00:57	23° 30' 8" N 32° 50' 34" W
977473	1993-05-02 05:27	23° 45' 2" N 32° 58' 40" W
977577	1993-05-03 07:15	23° 29' 54" N 31° 19' 12" W
977657	1993-05-04 03:46	23° 30' 15" N 29° 25' 11" W
977682	1993-05-04 11:53	23° 30' 11" N 28° 36' 10" W
977891	1993-05-07 00:14	24° 58' 16" N 30° 43' 38" W
977995	1993-05-08 12:52	26° 22' 27" N 29° 52' 26" W
978218	1993-05-10 13:41	24° 30' 4" N 33° 41' 53" W
978243	1993-05-10 17:40	24° 30' 15" N 34° 4' 12" W
978255	1993-05-10 19:32	24° 30' 9" N 34° 15' 7" W
978279	1993-05-10 23:23	24° 29' 58" N 34° 37' 9" W
978532	1993-05-13 10:59	27° 40' 46" N 35° 34' 27" W
978808	1993-05-18 03:00	22° 21' 47" N 30° 46' 59" W
978937	1993-05-19 04:40	22° 34' 7" N 29° 12' 48" W
976814	1993-04-28 06:53	21° 19' 1" N 33° 58' 54" W
976955	1993-04-29 15:53	22° 29' 58" N 32° 36' 11" W
977159	1993-04-25 14:00	26° 13' 8" N 31° 37' 58" W
977172	1993-04-25 18:16	25° 54' 59" N 31° 47' 3" W
977227	1993-04-26 05:31	25° 8' 51" N 32° 9' 55" W
977319	1993-04-27 01:03	23° 50' 53" N 32° 47' 8" W
977320	1993-04-27 03:41	23° 37' 16" N 32° 53' 58" W
977344	1993-05-01 03:24	23° 30' 17" N 35° 16' 16" W
977393	1993-05-01 15:00	23° 30' 6" N 33° 55' 32" W
977608	1993-05-03 16:37	23° 30' 1" N 30° 30' 15" W
977621	1993-05-03 19:21	23° 30' 7" N 30° 14' 13" W
977669	1993-05-04 06:32	23° 29' 55" N 29° 8' 43" W
977694	1993-05-04 14:28	23° 30' 10" N 28° 19' 30" W
977713	1993-05-04 19:36	23° 45' 2" N 27° 59' 50" W
977798	1993-05-05 18:16	24° 30' 1" N 29° 27' 45" W
977805	1993-05-05 20:44	24° 29' 53" N 29° 44' 28" W
977817	1993-05-05 23:10	24° 30' 0" N 30° 0' 29" W
977878	1993-05-06 21:44	24° 45' 1" N 30° 50' 0" W
977910	1993-05-07 04:54	25° 26' 28" N 30° 29' 58" W
978114	1993-05-09 18:09	24° 29' 57" N 31° 41' 34" W
978476	1993-05-12 21:05	26° 44' 52" N 36° 37' 41" W
978568	1993-05-13 17:49	27° 40' 36" N 34° 42' 11" W
978581	1993-05-13 20:10	27° 25' 42" N 34° 37' 28" W
978648	1993-05-14 09:16	26° 30' 10" N 35° 3' 29" W
978833	1993-05-18 07:21	22° 1' 24" N 30° 31' 45" W
976795	1993-04-28 01:08	21° 46' 39" N 33° 45' 15" W
976875	1993-04-28 22:04	21° 18' 56" N 31° 50' 16" W
976906	1993-04-29 05:04	22° 6' 6" N 31° 50' 10" W
977055	1993-04-30 17:00	22° 29' 51" N 35° 16' 12" W
977080	1993-04-24 13:36	29° 0' 19" N 30° 14' 49" W
977264	1993-04-26 15:25	24° 32' 6" N 32° 27' 42" W
977485	1993-05-02 07:29	23° 44' 55" N 33° 6' 46" W
977565	1993-05-03 04:38	23° 30' 9" N 31° 35' 18" W
977701	1993-05-04 16:59	23° 30' 15" N 28° 3' 25" W
977786	1993-05-05 15:22	24° 30' 20" N 29° 11' 17" W
977829	1993-05-06 01:37	24° 29' 43" N 30° 17' 3" W
978267	1993-05-10 21:35	24° 29' 57" N 34° 26' 7" W
978138	1993-05-09 23:06	24° 30' 7" N 32° 14' 21" W
978311	1993-05-11 05:33	24° 30' 7" N 35° 15' 20" W
978347	1993-05-11 12:25	24° 29' 52" N 36° 4' 54" W
978359	1993-05-11 14:51	24° 29' 52" N 36° 21' 11" W
978360	1993-05-11 17:01	24° 29' 43" N 36° 37' 44" W
978372	1993-05-11 19:14	24° 29' 56" N 36° 53' 59" W
978464	1993-05-12 18:33	26° 29' 41" N 36° 37' 34" W
978520	1993-05-13 08:24	27° 40' 34" N 35° 51' 32" W
978661	1993-05-14 11:31	26° 30' 15" N 35° 20' 21" W
978697	1993-05-14 19:28	25° 45' 6" N 35° 36' 52" W
978777	1993-05-16 21:33	23° 36' 46" N 32° 39' 29" W
976746	1993-04-27 14:32	22° 41' 7" N 33° 19' 43" W
976771	1993-04-27 19:50	22° 14' 25" N 33° 32' 30" W
976899	1993-04-29 01:48	21° 41' 56" N 31° 49' 29" W
977031	1993-04-30 12:18	22° 29' 26" N 34° 43' 58" W
977067	1993-04-30 19:50	22° 44' 58" N 35° 16' 5" W
977079	1993-04-22 19:23	35° 55' 45" N 26° 38' 2" W
977276	1993-04-26 17:39	24° 23' 6" N 32° 32' 8" W
977356	1993-05-01 06:02	23° 29' 52" N 34° 59' 46" W
977400	1993-05-01 16:58	23° 30' 7" N 33° 39' 20" W
977504	1993-05-02 11:42	23° 37' 34" N 33° 6' 50" W
977528	1993-05-02 18:07	23° 30' 9" N 32° 23' 59" W
977541	1993-05-02 20:48	23° 29' 58" N 32° 8' 10" W
977589	1993-05-03 09:51	23° 30' 7" N 31° 3' 1" W
977590	1993-05-03 12:25	23° 30' 16" N 30° 46' 46" W
977633	1993-05-03 22:12	23° 29' 53" N 29° 58' 9" W
977737	1993-05-05 02:52	24° 29' 56" N 27° 59' 59" W
977830	1993-05-06 04:05	24° 30' 10" N 30° 33' 32" W
977909	1993-05-07 02:40	25° 12' 38" N 30° 37' 2" W
977946	1993-05-07 11:52	26° 7' 50" N 30° 9' 38" W
977983	1993-05-08 09:54	26° 22' 5" N 29° 34' 59" W
978095	1993-05-09 10:14	24° 59' 13" N 31° 27' 2" W
978102	1993-05-09 12:26	24° 45' 55" N 31° 34' 4" W
978175	1993-05-10 05:50	24° 29' 53" N 32° 58' 3" W
978323	1993-05-11 07:51	24° 30' 9" N 35° 31' 57" W
978384	1993-05-11 21:29	24° 29' 52" N 37° 10' 22" W
978396	1993-05-11 23:55	24° 45' 6" N 37° 10' 34" W
978403	1993-05-12 02:41	24° 59' 46" N 36° 53' 58" W
978439	1993-05-12 10:40	25° 45' 0" N 36° 37' 28" W
978452	1993-05-12 16:06	26° 15' 9" N 36° 37' 58" W
978519	1993-05-13 05:46	27° 30' 3" N 36° 3' 42" W
978556	1993-05-13 15:28	27° 40' 51" N 35° 0' 7" W
978716	1993-05-15 01:22	25° 7' 19" N 35° 15' 3" W
978741	1993-05-15 11:18	24° 16' 19" N 34° 24' 41" W
978765	1993-05-16 02:51	24° 53' 29" N 34° 22' 30" W
978821	1993-05-18 05:13	22° 16' 15" N 30° 31' 45" W
978857	1993-05-18 11:49	21° 31' 11" N 30° 30' 35" W
978882	1993-05-18 18:15	21° 41' 39" N 30° 9' 56" W
978894	1993-05-18 20:39	21° 52' 5" N 29° 58' 20" W
978925	1993-05-19 02:41	22° 23' 9" N 29° 24' 25" W
976710	1993-04-27 06:24	23° 23' 6" N 32° 59' 55" W
976851	1993-04-28 17:40	21° 19' 4" N 32° 22' 25" W
976887	1993-04-28 22:42	21° 19' 9" N 31° 50' 12" W
976979	1993-04-29 21:24	22° 30' 1" N 33° 7' 45" W
977018	1993-04-30 09:47	22° 29' 59" N 34° 28' 5" W
977111	1993-04-25 00:44	27° 33' 13" N 30° 58' 0" W

Discrete samples

206 CTD frame plus rosette sampler

Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Density of the water column

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