Weather Monitor 78

Cruise plan

Cruise Info.
Ship name (ship code)	Weather Monitor (74WM)
Cruise identifier	78
Cruise period	1971-07-23 — 1971-08-23
Status	Completed
Port of departure	Greenock, United Kingdom
Port of return	Greenock, United Kingdom
Purpose	Research
Objectives	Occupation of Ocean Weather Station INDIA (59N, 19W)
Chief scientist	J Alistair Lindley (Institute of Marine Environmental Research, Plymouth)
Ocean/sea areas
General	North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
Specific	Ocean Weather Station INDIA (59N, 19W)
Measurements
Physical oceanography
Bathythermograph	Description: mechanical
Water bottle stations
Chemical oceanography
Nitrate	Quantity: 3
Nitrite	Quantity: 3
Biology and fisheries
Primary productivity	Quantity: 3
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)	Quantity: 24
Phytoplankton	Quantity: 3
Zooplankton	Quantity: 8
Pelagic fish	Quantity: number of hauls = 4
Meteorology
Upper air observations
Incident radiation
Occasional standard measurements
Other meteorological measurements	Description: sea and swell