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RV Oceanus OC202
Cruise plan
Cruise Info. | |||||||||
Ship name (ship code) | RV Oceanus (32OC) | ||||||||
Cruise identifier | OC202 | ||||||||
Cruise period | 1988-07-23 — 1988-08-27 | ||||||||
Status | Completed | ||||||||
Port of departure | Reykjavík, Iceland | ||||||||
Port of return | Funchal, Portugal | ||||||||
Purpose | Research | ||||||||
Objectives | A long CTD/hydrographic section with closely-spaced stations was occupied In July-August 1988 from Iceland southward to 3°S along a nominal longitude of 20°W. The section extends from the surface down to the bottom, and spans the entire mid-ocean circulation regime of the North Atlantic from the subpolar gyre through the subtropical gyre and the equatorial currents. | ||||||||
Chief scientist | Michael S McCartney (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Department of Physical Oceanography) | ||||||||
Project | WOCE | ||||||||
Ocean/sea areas | |||||||||
General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) | ||||||||
Specific | North-South transect of the NE Atlantic at 20-25°W. | ||||||||
Measurements | |||||||||
Physical oceanography | |||||||||
CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 133 Description: Rosette sampler equipped with a CTD. Water samples collected at 24 levels throughout the water column, except at a few shallow stations where the number of samples was reduced. Frequent malfunctions of the closing mechanism of the rosette sampler during the first half of the cruise resulted in a loss of water samples at a considerable number of stations. | ||||||||
Chemical oceanography | |||||||||
Oxygen | Quantity: number of stations = 133 | ||||||||
Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 110 | ||||||||
Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 115 | ||||||||
Nitrite | Quantity: number of stations = 113 | ||||||||
Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 118 | ||||||||
Data held at BODC | Get data | ||||||||
Series/Profiles | |||||||||
1 Single-beam echosounder | Horizontal spatial co-ordinates Date and time Bathymetry and Elevation
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