RV Nucella
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Nucella (740D) |
| Cruise period | 1971-10-18 — 1971-10-29 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1 To lay and recover two inshore current meter rigs in order to complete an array of five rigs off the Caister-Southwold coast.
2. To survey a number of releases of Rhoadmine-B made by TELLINA. 3. To measure the salinity and temperature distributions and to make measurements of water velocity using Direct Reading Current Meters in order to supplement the data from the moored rigs. |
| Chief scientist | John Wooltorton (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.10 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 18 Description: 18 S surface 2 S bottom |
| Current meters | Quantity: 6 Description: 6 days;direct reading |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | Quantity: 2 Description: dynamic diffusion;dye/tracer |
