RV Melville 318MSAVE5
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |||||||||
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Melville (318M) | ||||||||
| Cruise identifier | 318MSAVE5 | ||||||||
| Cruise period | 1989-01-23 — 1989-03-08 | ||||||||
| Status | Completed | ||||||||
| Port of departure | Cape Town, South Africa | ||||||||
| Port of return | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||||||||
| Objectives | Leg 5 of the South Atlantic Ventilation Experiment (SAVE) (WOCE section A16S).
The broad objectives of the South Atlantic Ventilation Experiment (SAVE) are to investigate the rates of ocean circulation, mixing, ventilation, inter-ocean, and carbon, oxygen and nutrient cycling on an ocean basin scale. A total of 73 CTD-rosette stations were occupied and large volume samples (Gerard barrels) collected at 13 of these stations. CTD measurements included pressure, temperature, conductivity, salinity and dissolved oxygen. Bottle data included salinity, oxygen, nutrients and radiocarbon. Underway data (Bathymetry and XBT casts) were also collected. | ||||||||
| Chief scientist | Michael S McCartney (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Department of Physical Oceanography), William Massie Smethie (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory) | ||||||||
| Project | WOCE | ||||||||
| Cruise report |  (0.87 MB) | ||||||||
| Ocean/sea areas | |||||||||
| General | South West Atlantic Ocean (limit 20W) | ||||||||
| Track charts | (0.21 MB) | ||||||||
| Measurements | |||||||||
| Physical oceanography | |||||||||
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 73 Description: 2 with T only | ||||||||
| Chemical oceanography | |||||||||
| Oxygen | Quantity: number of stations = 73 | ||||||||
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 73 | ||||||||
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 73 | ||||||||
| Nitrite | Quantity: number of stations = 73 | ||||||||
| Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 73 | ||||||||
| 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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