RRS Challenger CH14/79

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Ship name (ship code)

RRS Challenger (74CH)

Cruise identifier

CH14/79

Cruise period

1979-09-21 — 1979-10-02

Status

Completed

Port of departure

Ardrossan, United Kingdom

Port of return

Ardrossan, United Kingdom

Objectives

Recovery of current meter and bottom pressure recorder moorings deployed on Shackleton 7/79. Conduct a CTD survey to ascertain water density distribution in the area 55-56N and 4-12W. Part of the studies of the Islay-Mull amphidrome, North Channel tidal dynamics and the shelf-edge tidal regime.

Chief scientist

Alan J Harrison (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Bidston Laboratory)

Cruise report

(0.85 MB)

Ocean/sea areas

General

Irish Sea and St. George's Channel
North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)

Specific

North Channel/Malin Shelf

Track charts

Measurements

Physical oceanography

Surface measurements underway (T,S)

Quantity: activity duration in days = 10

CTD stations

Quantity: number of stations = 80

Current meters

Quantity: number of deployments = 21
Description: 45 days

Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder)

Quantity: number of deployments = 6
Description: 45 days

Data held at BODC

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Series/Profiles

76 CTD/STD cast

Reference numbers
Vertical spatial coordinates
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column

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Reference numbers
Vertical spatial coordinates
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column

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BODC id	Date/Time	Location
543380	1979-10-02 00:12 — 1979-10-02 00:13	55° 32' 4" N 6° 40' 43" W
542653	1979-09-22 02:02 — 1979-09-22 02:02	54° 40' 29" N 5° 17' 31" W
542769	1979-09-22 17:00 — 1979-09-22 17:02	55° 7' 14" N 5° 34' 13" W
542849	1979-09-23 03:08 — 1979-09-23 03:10	55° 43' 40" N 5° 50' 7" W
542886	1979-09-23 13:27 — 1979-09-23 13:28	55° 38' 23" N 5° 59' 22" W
542905	1979-09-23 18:03 — 1979-09-23 18:04	55° 29' 17" N 6° 36' 52" W
542991	1979-09-28 18:20 — 1979-09-28 18:33	55° 53' 0" N 6° 33' 56" W
542942	1979-09-24 04:45 — 1979-09-24 04:47	55° 57' 10" N 7° 19' 43" W
542616	1979-09-21 21:41 — 1979-09-21 21:44	54° 51' 31" N 5° 10' 37" W
542825	1979-09-23 00:31 — 1979-09-23 00:32	55° 32' 47" N 5° 51' 2" W
542930	1979-09-24 01:48 — 1979-09-24 01:49	55° 50' 34" N 7° 23' 21" W
542689	1979-09-22 04:50 — 1979-09-22 04:51	54° 49' 18" N 5° 38' 12" W
543017	1979-09-29 14:18 — 1979-09-29 14:19	56° 15' 27" N 7° 39' 40" W
543355	1979-10-01 19:45 — 1979-10-01 19:47	55° 37' 18" N 6° 41' 52" W
543214	1979-09-30 20:29 — 1979-09-30 20:31	54° 40' 18" N 5° 20' 12" W
542813	1979-09-22 23:24 — 1979-09-22 23:25	55° 27' 43" N 5° 51' 13" W
543183	1979-09-30 16:35 — 1979-09-30 16:36	54° 56' 20" N 5° 49' 16" W
543030	1979-09-29 17:32 — 1979-09-29 17:33	56° 6' 20" N 7° 59' 57" W
543042	1979-09-29 19:09 — 1979-09-29 19:11	55° 56' 30" N 7° 59' 57" W
543054	1979-09-29 20:49 — 1979-09-29 20:50	55° 47' 1" N 7° 59' 13" W
543392	1979-10-02 02:00 — 1979-10-02 02:03	55° 27' 56" N 6° 21' 8" W
543029	1979-09-29 15:52 — 1979-09-29 15:55	56° 15' 58" N 7° 58' 39" W
543122	1979-09-30 08:49 — 1979-09-30 08:50	55° 22' 1" N 6° 46' 54" W
543287	1979-10-01 04:32 — 1979-10-01 04:33	55° 13' 31" N 5° 28' 37" W
543331	1979-10-01 16:50 — 1979-10-01 16:52	55° 31' 25" N 6° 7' 32" W
542708	1979-09-22 10:31 — 1979-09-22 10:32	54° 56' 49" N 5° 35' 42" W
542745	1979-09-22 15:30 — 1979-09-22 15:33	55° 1' 13" N 5° 21' 38" W
542721	1979-09-22 11:38 — 1979-09-22 11:40	54° 57' 28" N 5° 25' 55" W
542801	1979-09-22 22:11 — 1979-09-22 22:12	55° 22' 46" N 5° 50' 50" W
542837	1979-09-23 01:23 — 1979-09-23 01:24	55° 37' 44" N 5° 50' 51" W
542929	1979-09-23 22:25 — 1979-09-23 22:26	55° 37' 12" N 7° 2' 20" W
542954	1979-09-24 08:40 — 1979-09-24 08:41	55° 52' 14" N 6° 32' 58" W
543411	1979-10-02 03:52 — 1979-10-02 03:53	55° 25' 49" N 5° 58' 54" W
543078	1979-09-30 01:08 — 1979-09-30 01:09	55° 25' 56" N 8° 0' 0" W
543195	1979-09-30 18:05 — 1979-09-30 18:06	54° 48' 49" N 5° 37' 39" W
543318	1979-10-01 15:11 — 1979-10-01 15:12	55° 41' 55" N 5° 56' 1" W
542604	1979-09-21 14:30 — 1979-09-21 14:46	54° 57' 33" N 5° 14' 3" W
542641	1979-09-22 00:54 — 1979-09-22 00:55	54° 40' 2" N 5° 8' 52" W
542874	1979-09-23 12:08 — 1979-09-23 12:09	55° 45' 3" N 5° 51' 55" W
542966	1979-09-26 07:00 — 1979-09-26 07:01	55° 26' 15" N 7° 29' 10" W
543171	1979-09-30 15:25 — 1979-09-30 15:26	55° 4' 28" N 5° 54' 1" W
543238	1979-09-30 22:28 — 1979-09-30 22:30	54° 40' 13" N 5° 0' 11" W
543367	1979-10-01 21:03 — 1979-10-01 21:04	55° 40' 27" N 6° 58' 46" W
542665	1979-09-22 03:03 — 1979-09-22 03:04	54° 39' 56" N 5° 25' 2" W
542794	1979-09-22 19:54 — 1979-09-22 19:57	55° 17' 17" N 5° 50' 23" W
542917	1979-09-23 19:26 — 1979-09-23 19:27	55° 30' 29" N 6° 50' 30" W
543110	1979-09-30 06:58 — 1979-09-30 06:58	55° 22' 27" N 7° 5' 19" W
543134	1979-09-30 10:21 — 1979-09-30 10:22	55° 22' 9" N 6° 32' 55" W
543146	1979-09-30 11:49 — 1979-09-30 11:51	55° 22' 38" N 6° 19' 43" W
543158	1979-09-30 14:18 — 1979-09-30 14:20	55° 12' 17" N 5° 55' 59" W
543251	1979-09-30 23:48 — 1979-09-30 23:49	54° 48' 26" N 5° 8' 9" W
542733	1979-09-22 14:29 — 1979-09-22 14:30	54° 58' 14" N 5° 14' 19" W
542770	1979-09-22 17:44 — 1979-09-22 17:46	55° 10' 34" N 5° 40' 43" W
542978	1979-09-27 06:39 — 1979-09-27 06:41	55° 0' 20" N 9° 59' 19" W
543091	1979-09-30 03:23 — 1979-09-30 03:24	55° 25' 23" N 7° 39' 25" W
543226	1979-09-30 21:29 — 1979-09-30 21:31	54° 40' 19" N 5° 9' 53" W
543263	1979-10-01 01:29 — 1979-10-01 01:30	54° 58' 0" N 5° 14' 43" W
543275	1979-10-01 02:59 — 1979-10-01 03:00	55° 7' 27" N 5° 15' 39" W
543299	1979-10-01 06:17 — 1979-10-01 06:19	55° 15' 15" N 5° 45' 22" W
543306	1979-10-01 13:25 — 1979-10-01 13:30	55° 51' 41" N 5° 44' 31" W
543343	1979-10-01 18:27 — 1979-10-01 18:29	55° 34' 40" N 6° 25' 14" W
542628	1979-09-21 22:40 — 1979-09-21 22:43	54° 45' 54" N 5° 5' 17" W
542677	1979-09-22 03:56 — 1979-09-22 03:57	54° 45' 6" N 5° 32' 12" W
542690	1979-09-22 08:21 — 1979-09-22 08:23	54° 53' 38" N 5° 37' 20" W
542757	1979-09-22 16:16 — 1979-09-22 16:17	55° 4' 22" N 5° 27' 46" W
542782	1979-09-22 18:34 — 1979-09-22 18:36	55° 13' 38" N 5° 45' 25" W
542850	1979-09-23 03:51 — 1979-09-23 03:53	55° 47' 37" N 5° 46' 51" W
542862	1979-09-23 04:51 — 1979-09-23 04:53	55° 51' 25" N 5° 46' 27" W
543005	1979-09-28 20:06 — 1979-09-28 20:08	56° 4' 37" N 6° 46' 27" W
543066	1979-09-29 22:39 — 1979-09-29 22:40	55° 37' 20" N 7° 58' 34" W
543109	1979-09-30 05:22 — 1979-09-30 05:23	55° 25' 2" N 7° 18' 56" W
543202	1979-09-30 19:38 — 1979-09-30 19:40	54° 40' 9" N 5° 28' 43" W
542898	1979-09-23 16:53 — 1979-09-23 16:56	55° 28' 27" N 6° 24' 38" W
543423	1979-10-02 05:15 — 1979-10-02 05:16	55° 15' 15" N 5° 46' 21" W
543435	1979-10-02 07:19 — 1979-10-02 07:20	55° 19' 11" N 5° 19' 46" W
543379	1979-10-01 22:37 — 1979-10-01 22:38	55° 33' 18" N 6° 54' 43" W

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