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Labrax

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship nameLabrax
Cruise period1980-10-27 — 1980-10-27
StatusCompleted
Port of departureSouthampton, United Kingdom
Port of returnSouthampton, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesTo use a high frequency echo sounder to investigate internal waves in Southampton Water to establish whether or not they are caused by lateral seiching and to estimate their wavelength.
Chief scientistKeith Dyer (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Taunton)
Cruise reportLabrax  cruise report labrax_oct80.pdf (0.04 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralEnglish Channel
SpecificSouthampton Water
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Instrumented wave measurements
Geology and geophysics 
Single-beam echosounding