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RRS James Clark Ross JR19951120 (JRX13)
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RRS James Clark Ross (74JC) |
Cruise identifier | JR19951120 (JRX13) |
Cruise period | 1995-11-20 — 1995-12-14 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Stanley, Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
Port of return | Stanley, Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | 1. To service the Sea Level Recorder (SLR) at Stanley and recover data. Install new software in the logger and check the DCP (Data Collection Platform) timing.
2. To deploy a prototype BPR in the Drake Passage. The BPR is to be wire tested first to check the acoustic release system and then prepared for deployment. 3. To remove Tidata and Seadata recorders at Faraday and install a new Sea Level Recorder. Recover the data and change the base logging system. 4. To service the Sea Level Recorder at Rothera. Recover the data and install a second recorder in parallel. Install a backup Anderaa Water Level Recorder in the well. |
Chief scientist | Christopher W Hughes (Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory) |
Cruise report | (0.41 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | South Atlantic Ocean |
Track charts | (0.02 MB) |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: A number of physical measurements were made throughout the cruise. No. of samples not noted. |
Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder) | Quantity: number of deployments = 1 Description: A sea level recorder was installed at the Faraday base. |
Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder) | Description: A number of physical measurements were made throughout the cruise. No. of samples not noted. |