FS Meteor M22_4
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |||||||||
| Ship name (ship code) | FS Meteor (06M3) | ||||||||
| Cruise identifier | M22_4 | ||||||||
| Cruise period | 1992-12-02 — 1992-12-22 | ||||||||
| Status | Completed | ||||||||
| Port of departure | Santos, Brazil | ||||||||
| Port of return | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||||||
| Objectives | Ref - 19930002
Leg 4 of a 5 leg cruise Geological and and chemical observations in the subtropical South Atlantic as part of the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE), and part of the WOCE Deep Basin Experiment (DBE). Investigations of the water mass transports in the western South Atlantic were performed, including the near-surface southward Brazil Current, the Antarctic intermediate Water (on its way north), the deep western boundary current at the continental slope, the overflow of Antarctic Bottom Water across the Rio Grande Rise through the Vema and Hunter Channels. Previously deployed deep sea current meters were recovered and CTD measurements taken at some sites. Additionally, satellite tracked ARGOS drifters and RAFOS floats were launched. | ||||||||
| Chief scientist | Walter Zenk (Institute of Marine Sciences, Kiel) | ||||||||
| Project | WOCE /DBE | ||||||||
| Coordinating body | WOCE-IPO | ||||||||
| Cruise report |  (7.86 MB) | ||||||||
| Ocean/sea areas | |||||||||
| General | South West Atlantic Ocean (limit 20W) | ||||||||
| Track charts | (0.76 MB) | ||||||||
| Measurements | |||||||||
| Physical oceanography | |||||||||
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: cont. | ||||||||
| Bathythermograph | Quantity: number of profiles = 49 | ||||||||
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 23 | ||||||||
| Subsurface temperature measurements | |||||||||
| Current meters | Quantity: 11 Description: recovered, deployed Jan 1991 | ||||||||
| Current profiler (eg ADCP) | Description: ADCP | ||||||||
| Surface drifters/drifting buoys | Quantity: 18 Description: 100m drogned | ||||||||
| Neutrally buoyant floats | Quantity: 20 Description: RAFOS float, 1000m level | ||||||||
| Meteorology | |||||||||
| Upper air observations | Description: cont. | ||||||||
| Data held at BODC | Get data | ||||||||
| Series/Profiles | |||||||||
| 1 Single-beam echosounder | Horizontal spatial co-ordinates Bathymetry and Elevation Date and time
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