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FS Meteor M15_1
Cruise plan
Cruise Info. | |||||||||
Ship name (ship code) | FS Meteor (06M3) | ||||||||
Cruise identifier | M15_1 | ||||||||
Cruise period | 1990-12-30 — 1991-01-16 | ||||||||
Status | Completed | ||||||||
Port of departure | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||||||
Port of return | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||||||
Objectives | Work during the first leg was performed in the area south of the Santos Plateau up to the Vema Channel which is part of the Rio Grande Rise. Twelve moorings were set on a line between the continental slope and the Vema Channel. They are designed to monitor the current and temperature changes in the transition zone between the Argentine and the Brazil Basin over two years. Hydrographic and acoustic Doppler current measurements (ADCP) and biological sampling were part of the programme. | ||||||||
Chief scientist | Walter Zenk (Institute of Marine Sciences, Kiel) | ||||||||
Project | WOCE | ||||||||
Ocean/sea areas | |||||||||
General | South West Atlantic Ocean (limit 20W) | ||||||||
Measurements | |||||||||
Physical oceanography | |||||||||
Bathythermograph | Quantity: number of profiles = 22 | ||||||||
Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 53 | ||||||||
CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 52 | ||||||||
Current meters | Quantity: 7 Description: 32 deployed | ||||||||
Chemical oceanography | |||||||||
Oxygen | Quantity: 53 | ||||||||
Biology and fisheries | |||||||||
Eggs and larvae | Quantity: 35 Description: towed nets | ||||||||
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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