RRS Discovery D48_2
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |||||
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Discovery (74E3) | ||||
| Cruise identifier | D48_2 | ||||
| Cruise period | 1972-08-01 — 1972-08-22 | ||||
| Status | Completed | ||||
| Port of departure | Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain | ||||
| Port of return | Barry, United Kingdom | ||||
| Objectives | The primary objective was a study of the physical and chemical processes in a region of coastal upwelling off North-west Africa combined with a biological sampling programme in the same area. This leg of the cruise undertook an intensive survey of a 25x25 mile box off Cabo Bojador, including two time series stations of 98 and 49 hours duration with sampling intervals of 60 and 30 minutes respectively. | ||||
| Chief scientist | Kenneth F Bowden (University of Liverpool Department of Oceanography) | ||||
| Project | CINECA | ||||
| Cruise report |  (0.64 MB) | ||||
| Ocean/sea areas | |||||
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) | ||||
| Specific | NW African coast off Cabo Bojador | ||||
| Measurements | |||||
| Physical oceanography | |||||
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 246 Description: Bissett Berman STD system type 9006 time series st.8050 98 hourly std dips;time series st.8051 98 half hourly std dips | ||||
| Current meters | Quantity: 2 Description: 3 moorings for about 10 days | ||||
| Current profiler (eg ADCP) | Quantity: 22 Description: 13 to 250m,9 to 100m | ||||
| Chemical oceanography | |||||
| Oxygen | Quantity: 50 | ||||
| Phosphate | |||||
| Nitrate | Quantity: 50 | ||||
| Silicate | Quantity: 50 | ||||
| Meteorology | |||||
| Occasional standard measurements | |||||
| Data held at BODC | Get data | ||||
| Series/Profiles | |||||
| 246 CTD/STD cast | Vertical spatial coordinates Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Vertical spatial coordinates Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column
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