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RRS James Clark Ross JR19931120 (JR00a)

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RRS James Clark Ross (74JC)
Cruise identifierJR19931120 (JR00a)
Cruise period1993-11-20 — 1993-12-18
StatusCompleted
Port of departureStanley, Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Port of returnStanley, Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
PurposeResearch
Objectives1. To estimate the volume flux across the section i.e. the flux of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current at Drake Passage.
2. To determine the water mass charateristics on the section and to determine whether and where secular changes are found.
3. To submit to the WHPO a data set and thereby contribute to the global measurements necessary to meet the objectives of WOCE.
Chief scientistBrian A King (James Rennell Centre for Ocean Circulation)
ProjectDrake Passage repeats
Cruise reportRRS James Clark Ross JR19931120 (JR00a) cruise report drake_passage_summary_report.pdf (3.57 MB)  RRS James Clark Ross JR19931120 (JR00a) cruise report jr_nov93.pdf (0.49 MB)  RRS James Clark Ross JR19931120 (JR00a) cruise report jr_nov93_2.pdf (1.09 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralSouth Atlantic Ocean
Southern Ocean
Track chartsRRS James Clark Ross JR19931120 (JR00a) cruise track — jr_nov93track.pdf (0.02 MB) 
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
BathythermographQuantity: number of deployments = 33
Description: A number of XBTs were deployed during the cruise.
Water bottle stationsQuantity: number of stations = 39
Description: A number of CTD/rosette stations were sampled throughout the cruise.
CTD stationsQuantity: number of stations = 39
Description: A number of CTD/rosette stations were sampled throughout the cruise.
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurementsDescription: Using Niskin Bottles a number of salinity samples were collected. No. of samples not noted.
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurementsQuantity: number of samples = 385
Description: A number of CTD samples were analysed during the cruise.
Current profiler (eg ADCP)Quantity: number of samples = 385
Description: A number of CTD samples were analysed during the cruise.
Data held at BODC Get data
Series/Profiles 
30  CTD/STD cast
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Density of the water column
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Density of the water column

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
10095741993-11-22 01:21 55° 4' 14" S  58° 17' 22" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1009574
10096291993-11-23 00:39 55° 49' 10" S  57° 51' 55" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1009629
10096051993-11-22 10:35 55° 12' 56" S  58° 13' 26" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1009605
10096171993-11-22 16:15 55° 31' 14" S  58° 0' 25" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1009617
10096661993-11-23 20:59 57° 5' 30" S  57° 7' 14" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1009666
10096781993-11-24 02:13 57° 25' 55" S  56° 55' 37" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1009678
10097101993-11-24 17:05 58° 21' 53" S  56° 21' 16" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1009710
10097341993-11-25 01:57 58° 59' 54" S  55° 57' 33" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1009734
10097461993-11-25 06:49 59° 18' 56" S  55° 42' 33" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1009746
10098021993-11-26 11:17 60° 47' 59" S  54° 43' 2" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1009802
10098261993-11-26 16:10 60° 51' 2" S  54° 42' 43" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1009826
10095371993-11-21 15:42 54° 39' 13" S  58° 33' 39" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1009537
10095491993-11-21 18:09 54° 55' 18" S  58° 21' 32" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1009549
10095981993-11-22 07:34 55° 10' 15" S  58° 14' 9" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1009598
10097221993-11-24 20:54 58° 41' 18" S  56° 9' 33" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1009722
10096421993-11-23 11:39 56° 27' 42" S  57° 30' 51" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1009642
10096541993-11-23 16:38 56° 47' 5" S  57° 18' 29" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1009654
10096911993-11-24 06:55 57° 44' 10" S  56° 41' 35" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1009691
10097711993-11-25 21:21 60° 0' 15" S  55° 19' 10" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1009771
10095131993-11-26 18:07 60° 58' 52" S  54° 36' 55" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1009513
10096301993-11-23 06:27 56° 7' 38" S  57° 40' 16" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1009630
10097951993-11-26 06:30 60° 40' 27" S  54° 48' 35" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1009795
10095501993-11-21 19:50 54° 56' 35" S  58° 23' 9" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1009550
10095621993-11-21 22:32 54° 57' 44" S  58° 21' 52" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1009562
10095861993-11-22 04:34 55° 7' 19" S  58° 15' 25" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1009586
10097091993-11-24 11:11 58° 3' 25" S  56° 33' 1" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1009709
10097831993-11-26 02:07 60° 20' 24" S  55° 4' 40" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1009783
10098141993-11-26 13:54 60° 50' 3" S  54° 43' 20" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1009814
10095251993-11-26 19:45 61° 3' 6" S  54° 36' 2" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1009525
10097581993-11-25 11:46 59° 38' 43" S  55° 30' 40" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1009758
Discrete samples 
39  CTD frame plus rosette samplerSalinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Density of the water column
18052  Shipborne Acoustic Doppler Current Profile