RRS James Clark Ross JR20000719 (JR50)
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS James Clark Ross (74JC) |
| Cruise identifier | JR20000719 (JR50) |
| Cruise period | 2000-07-19 — 2000-07-26 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Newcastle, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Bodø, Norway |
| Purpose | Trials |
| Objectives | Cruise JR50 comprised trials of new scientific equipment installed on RRS James Clark Ross
during the summer refit. These trials mainly consisted of Sea Acceptance Tests of the new multibeam echo sounder and sub-bottom profiler, the purchase and installation of which was funded by an award from the Joint Infrastructure Fund. The cruise also provided an opportunity to test pre-existing echo sounding systems following refitting of transducers, and to prove the newly-installed NOAA Scientific Computing System. The Sea Acceptance Tests were successful and demonstrated that the new EM120 multibeam echo sounder can provide higher resolution sea-floor imagery than any other multibeam system presently in operation on a civilian vessel. Following the cruise there were some minor issues to resolve before the new sonar systems could be accepted, but these were second order problems which mainly related to some of the ancillary equipment. |
| Chief scientist | Robert D Larter (British Antarctic Survey) |
| Cruise report |  (2.18 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Norwegian Sea |
| Specific | Norweigan Sea (Newcastle to Bodø, Norway) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Bathythermograph | Description: A number of XBTs were deployed throughout the cruise. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Gear research | Description: A multibeam echo sounder trial took place on the southeastern flank of FSC. Noise and interferance tests were run. |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Multi-beam echosounding | Description: On the passage to Faeroe-Shetland Channel data was logged. |
| Multi-beam echosounding | Description: A multibeam echo sounder trial took place on the southeastern flank of FSC. Noise and interferance tests were run. |
| Magnetic measurements | Description: On the passage to Faeroe-Shetland Channel data was logged. |
